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A report is presented of a man who had a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm identified incidental to bone scintigraphy. The bone scan revealed displacement of the left kidney to nearly a horizontal axis and indicated the need for more definitive evaluation. Renal scintigraphy and computed tomography correctly demonstrated a ruptured, but contained abdominal aortic aneurysm.
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Moreno, A.J., Brown, J.M., Spicer, M.J. et al. Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm identified incidental to bone scintigraphy. Eur J Nucl Med 8, 546–548 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00251618
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