title: Spontaneous renal artery dissection complicated by renal infarction: A case report and review of the literature.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Renal artery dissection is a rare cause of abdominal pain. The renal arteries are the commonest site of primary dissection involving visceral vessels but spontaneous bilateral dissection is extremely rare.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present a case of spontaneous bilateral renal artery dissection in a previously fit 43-year-old man who presented with right iliac fossa pain. He was treated conservatively with anticoagulation for 6 months, with resolution of the dissections on imaging at 6-month follow-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The presentation of spontaneous renal artery dissection is non-specific, making it a diagnostic challenge. Computed Tomography angiography is now the gold standard for diagnosis and follow-up of these patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case highlights the importance of considering other causes of abdominal pain in a young man with normal initial investigations and the role of conservative management.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, University College Hospital London, 235 Euston Road, London NW1 2BU, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Katz-Summercorn
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Borg
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Harris