A Case of Recurrent Renal Infarction Due to Fibromuscula Dysplasia.
- Author:
Min Kyung LIM
1
;
Kye Weol KIM
;
Uk Hyun KIL
;
Yoo Dong WEON
;
Young Soo KIM
;
Sun Ae YOON
;
Young Ok KIM
;
Yoon Sik CHANG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. cmckyo@yahoo.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Fibromuscular dysplasia;
Renal infarction
- MeSH:
Angiography;
Arteries;
Fibromuscular Dysplasia;
Flank Pain;
Hypertension, Renovascular;
Infarction*;
Kidney;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:Korean Journal of Nephrology
2005;24(3):475-480
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is an uncommon hyperplastic disorder affecting medium-sized arteries. It can lead to renovascular hypertension, sometimes associated with dissection. But it rarely causes renal infarction. We here report a case of recurrent renal infarction due to FMD. A previously healthy 29- year-old man presented with acute onset of right flank pain. He had been treated for the same symptom 8 years ago. Abdominal CT scan showed renal infarction at upper pole of right kidney. Renal arteriography demonstrated string of bead, consistent with FMD. It showed also old renal infarction at lower pole of right kidney. To our knowledge, recurrent renal infarction due to FMD has not been previously reported.
