title: Neurofibromatosis type 1 and renal artery aneurysms: an uncommon entity of severe hypertension.
abstract: Neurofibromatosis (NF1) is a relatively common autosomal dominant disorder. Secondary causes of hypertension, such as renovascular disease, coarctation of the abdominal aorta or phaeochromocytoma, may be identified in up to 1% of patients with NF1. Usually, renal angiography, which is always used to confirm the diagnosis of renovascular hypertension, reveals stenoses and rarely bilateral or unilateral renal artery aneurysms. We present the first description of a percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty performed in an adult female patient with NF1, severe hypertensive disease and renal artery aneurysms, in order to restore renal artery anatomy and treat renovascular hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Cardiology, Medical School, University of Athens, ATTIKON Hospital, Athens, Greece. seliani@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Triantafyllidi
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Papadakis
authors.forename: Elias
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brountzos
authors.forename: Chrysa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arvaniti
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Theodoropoulos
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Panayiotides
authors.forename: Alexandros
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Georgakopoulos
authors.forename: Marinella
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tzanela
authors.forename: Evangelina
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vassilatou
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lekakis
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anastasiou-Nana
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000209:etiology*; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012077:Renal Artery