title: Spontaneous dissection of the iliac artery in a patient with fibromuscular dysplasia.
abstract: A 49-year-old man was referred to our hospital at 10 days after the onset of sudden intermittent claudication of the right lower limb and with right lower abdominal pain. Diagnosis by computed tomography scan and pelvic angiography was dissection from the common iliac artery to peripheral external iliac artery with thrombosed false lumen. Replacement of the common and external iliac artery was performed using a 10-mm Dacron prosthesis. A pathological examination of the right common iliac artery revealed an arterial disorder caused by fibromuscular dysplasia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan. akashi@med.kurume-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hidetoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akashi
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nata
authors.forename: Kurando
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kanaya
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shintani
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Onitsuka
authors.forename: Shigeaki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aoyagi
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D005352:Fibromuscular Dysplasia / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D017543:Iliac Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome