Abstract
Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is a well-known disease, but its diagnosis can be challenging. Typically, the symptomatic FMD are reported by young and middle aged people with high blood pressure refractory to medical treatment. We present a rare case of a young, healthy, and normotensive patient who presented with pain secondary to renal infarction, without any prior signs or symptoms or history of hypertension. This presentation of FMD has not been previously described. The typical but subtle angiographic findings of the macro-aneurysmal FMD as well as the successful endovascular treatment are discussed herein. The macro-aneurysmal form of FMD should be considered in the differential diagnosis of acute renal infarction in young and middle aged patients even if they do not have a history of hypertension.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 206-209 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Vascular and Endovascular Surgery |
Volume | 49 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 1 2015 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- aneurysm
- coil embolization
- fibromuscular dysplasia
- microthrombi
- renal infarction