Dissecting aneurysm of renal artery. Reversible cause of high-renin hypertension.
A forty-two-year-old man was evaluated for malignant hypertension. Renal angiography demonstrated several aneurysmal dilatations and dissections involving the right renal artery. During a period of conservative medical management, hypertension was resolved; repeat renal angiography demonstrated marked spontaneous resolution of the lesion.
D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006974:Hypertension, Malignant / Q000201:enzymology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000201:enzymology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood
D012083:Renin