title: Surgical treatment of a patient with progressive thrombosis of the renal artery associated with neurofibromatosis.
abstract: Pediatric renovascular hypertension (RVH) associated with neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) is a rare entity that is often resistant to endovascular treatment. A 12-year-old girl with NF1 and hypertension presented with severe stenosis of the right main renal artery and its posterior segment, the latter of which thrombosed spontaneously, and total occlusion of the celiac artery with rare branching of the accessory middle colic artery. She underwent successful reconstruction of the anterior segment of the right renal artery, and has been free of medication for ten years. A review of the recent literature suggests that renal artery bypass remains the best treatment in pediatric RVH with NF1.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. hikimura-cvs@umin.ac.jp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: J-O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Deguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyata
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000637:transplantation*; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications*; D011859:Radiography; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures