title: Multivisceral fibromuscular dysplasia: an unusual case of renal and superior mesenteric involvement.
abstract: Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD), a disease process which leads to arterial stenosis and aneurysm formation, has been reported to occur in almost every arterial bed in the body. However, multivisceral FMD is rare, and we report a 43-year-old woman with hypertension who had incidental finding of FMD of both renal arteries and the superior mesenteric artery (SMA). The left renal aneurysms and right renal stenosis were successfully treated by aneurysm resection and aortorenal bypass and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, respectively. The asymptomatic FMD of the SMA was treated conservatively. The indications for intervention in patients with asymptomatic FMD have not been clarified till date, and we therefore advise a close surveillance program.
authors.affiliation: Department of General & Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Keiichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohtake
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Noriyoshi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yashiki
authors.forename: Shigeyuki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tomita
authors.forename: Go
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Watanabe
keywords: aneurysm; fibromuscular dysplasia; superior mesenteric artery
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