title: Spontaneous renal artery dissection: treatment with coil embolization.
abstract: A 47-year-old man presented with nonspecific left flank pain and severe hypertension as a result of a spontaneous dissection of an accessory renal artery. Because of the progressive increase in the size of the dissection flap and uncontrollable hypertension, treatment with segmental embolization of the true and false lumen of the accessory renal artery was performed with successful clinical outcome. This case report will address the salient clinical features of spontaneous renal artery dissections and treatment options.
authors.affiliation: Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science Division of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mudrick
authors.forename: Aravind
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arepally
authors.forename: Jean-Francois
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Geschwind
authors.forename: Joseph A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ronsivalle
authors.forename: Gunnar B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Lund
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Scheel
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed