Renal fibromuscular dysplasia

Learning points Renal fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is a non-inflammatory, non-atherosclerotic arterial process characterised by segmental collagen deposition and smooth muscle overgrowth within the renal arterial wall, and is an uncommon cause of renovascular hypertension. 1 Renal FMD has a propens...

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Published inBMJ case reports Vol. 2015; p. bcr2015211973
Main Authors Woodley-Cook, Joel, Konieczny, Magdalena, Roche-Nagle, Graham
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 30.09.2015
BMJ Publishing Group
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Adult
Angioplasty
Female
Fibromuscular Dysplasia - diagnosis
Humans
Hypertension
Hypertension - diagnosis
Hypertension - pathology
Hypertension, Renovascular - diagnosis
Hypertension, Renovascular - pathology
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Kidney - blood supply
Kidney - pathology
Medical imaging
Renal Artery - pathology
USA/Canada
Veins & arteries
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Summary:Learning points Renal fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is a non-inflammatory, non-atherosclerotic arterial process characterised by segmental collagen deposition and smooth muscle overgrowth within the renal arterial wall, and is an uncommon cause of renovascular hypertension. 1 Renal FMD has a propensity to affect females and most commonly presents between 15 and 50 years of age. 1-3 The gold standard for diagnosis and treatment of renal FMD is renal arteriography and percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty, which is successful in reducing blood pressure in approximately 95% of cases. 2 3
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ISSN:1757-790X
1757-790X
DOI:10.1136/bcr-2015-211973