Bilateral renal artery dissections: unusual complication of polyarteritis nodosa.
A case of polyarteritis nodosa with the acute complications of multiple bilateral real artery dissection, perirenal haemorrhage and kidney infarction is described. The diagnosis of polyarteritis nodosa was established on the basis of angiographical and clinical findings. Follow-up arteriograms and CT-findings after prednisone therapy are discussed.
D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*