Dissecting aneurysm of renal artery owing to subadventitial angioma.
A case of renovascular hypertension caused by a dissecting aneurysm of the main right renal artery owing to a subadventitial angioma is described. The right kidney was not functioning but, nevertheless, an aortorenal bypass was done and function of the kidney was recovered. Although the hypertension was controlled for 6 months it recurred. A nephrectomy was performed and the hypertension was cured.
D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012077:Renal Artery