Spontaneous Renal Artery Dissection in a Normotensive Young Male | Zendy

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Spontaneous Renal Artery Dissection in a Normotensive Young Male

Author(s) -

John A.M. Taylor,

Éric Martin,

Ihor S. Sawczuk

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

the scientific world journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.453

H-Index - 93

eISSN - 2356-6140

pISSN - 1537-744X

DOI - 10.1100/tsw.2004.87

Subject(s) - fibromuscular dysplasia , renovascular hypertension , medicine , renal artery , dissection (medical) , abdominal pain , right renal artery , differential diagnosis , renal artery obstruction , cardiology , radiology , surgery , renal artery stenosis , kidney , pathology

We report a case of spontaneous superior pole renal artery dissection in a healthy forty-one year old man. Spontaneous renal artery dissection is a rare event occurring in patients with hypertension or renovascular disease such as fibromuscular dysplasia. This case demonstrates the importance of maintaining renovascular accidents as part of the differential diagnosis of abdominal pain.

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