EJVES Extra
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 38-40, September 2009

Renal Artery Aneurysms: Careful Investigation is Critical

  • M.G.A. Norwood

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK
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  • M.K. Salem

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Robert Kilpatrick Clinical Sciences Building, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, LE2 7LX UK. Tel: +44 116 2523252; fax: +44 116 2523179.
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  • G. Markose

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Radiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK
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  • A.R. Naylor

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK

Received 29 January 2009; accepted 19 May 2009. published online 02 July 2009.

Abstract 

We describe a case of a 36-year-old female patient who was investigated for renal artery aneurysms with angiography. Co-existing aneurysms within the mesenteric circulation were also noted, and a diagnosis of polyarteritis nodosa was made.

Investigating patients with renal artery aneurysms using magnetic resonance imaging alone may miss cases of polyarteritis nodosa: a serious and potentially treatable condition.

Keywords: Renal artery aneurysm, Fibromuscular dysplasia, Polyarteritis nodosa

 

PII: S1533-3167(09)00022-3

doi:10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2009.05.002

Refers to article:

  • Renal Artery Aneurysms: Careful Investigation is Critical , 06 July 2009

    European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery October 2009 (Vol. 38, Issue 4, Page 536)

EJVES Extra
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 38-40, September 2009

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