A rare cause of renovascular hypertension: Takayasu arteritis with only renal artery involvement.
Takayasu arteritis is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects mainly the aorta, main branches of aorta, and pulmonary arteries with unknown etiology. Disease affecting solely the renal arteries is rare. We will present a case that had hypertension, hypokalemia, and metabolic alkalosis where the etiology was type 2 Takayasu arteritis, affecting renal arteries.
Borazan
Ali
A
Mustafa Kemal University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nephrology, Hatay, Turkey. borazanali@hotmail.com
Sevindik
Omur Gokmen
OG
Solmaz
Dilek
D
Gulcu
Aytac
A
Cavdar
Caner
C
Sifil
Aykut
A
Celik
Ali
A
Akar
Servet
S
Goktay
Yigit
Y
Camsari
Taner
T
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000209:etiology*; D012077:Renal Artery; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications*; D055815:Young Adult