Morphological characteristics of the abdominal aorta

Abstract

The transverse diameter of the abdominal aorta was measured above the origin of the celiac trunk on a number of 82 cases, in male finding a caliber range of 18 to 31.8 mm, in one case, the aorta having a diameter of 31.8 mm. In females, the aorta was between 12.4 to 23.4 mm in caliber, most commonly, in 24 cases, being present a caliber range from 14.8 to 19.7 mm. At the level of the celiac trunk, on a number of 74 cases, the aorta had a diameter of between 12.9 to 28.6 mm in females and 11.4 to 21.8 mm in males. In males, on 20 cases, the caliber was 20 to 25 mm while in females, on 42 cases, we found a caliber range from 11.4 to 21.8 mm and in 20 cases being 19.4 to 2.18 mm. At the level of the superior mesenteric artery, we studied the aortic diameter on a number of 86 cases. In males it had a diameter between 12.9 to 26.4 mm, but in one case with 12.9 mm. In 26 cases, it had a diameter of between 20.1 to 26.4 mm. In females we found a range of 12.5 to 20.4 mm, most commonly with the diameter of 18-20 mm in 19 cases. Next to the renal arteries we studied the aortic diameter on a number of 118 cases, finding abdominal aortic diameters of 10.3 to 27.4 mm. In males it ranged from 10.9 to 27.4 mm diameter while in females had a diameter between 10.3 to 20.4 mm; in one case we met a caliber of 20.4 mm. The diameter of the abdominal aorta at the level of the inferior mesenteric artery was evaluated on 80 cases; in males the diameter ranged from 13.9 to 25.9 mm and in females was 10.6 to 19.3 mm.