Fibromuscular dysplasia presenting as a renal infarction: a case report

IntroductionFibromuscular dysplasia is a non-atherosclerotic, non-inflammatory disease that most commonly affects the renal and internal carotid arteries.Case presentationWe present the case of a 44-year-old Caucasian man who was admitted with complaints of loin pain and hypertension. A computed tomography scan of the abdomen revealed a right renal infarction with a nodular aspect of the right renal artery.

Subsequent renal angiography revealed a typical 'string of beads'pattern of the right renal artery with thrombus formation. Oral anticoagulation was started and the secondary hypertension was easily controlled with anti-hypertensive drugs.

At follow-up, our patient refused percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty as a definitive treatment.

Conclusions: Fibromuscular dysplasia is the most common cause of renovascular hypertension in patients under 50 years of age. Presentation with renal infarction is rare.In fibromuscular dysplasia, angioplasty has been proven to have, at least for some indications, an advantage over anti-hypertensive drugs.

Therefore, hypertension secondary to fibromuscular dysplasia is the most common cause of curable hypertension.

Author: Annelies Van den DriesscheErik Van HulMalika IchicheGert VerpootenJean-Louis Bosmans
Credits/Source: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010, 4:199

Published on: 2010-06-30

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