title: Fibromuscular dysplasia dawdling for 8 years before showing its true face.
abstract: We present a case of acute left-sided carotid dissection associated with contralateral carotid fibromuscular dysplasia and pseudoaneurysm. She had a history of an incidental finding, 8 years earlier, of a right-sided carotid pseudoaneurysm (interpreted as a sequella of an earlier asymptomatic carotid dissection) in the absence of features of fibromuscular dysplasia. This case shows that fibromuscular dysplasia-related pseudoaneurysm/dissection can be seen in the absence of initial radiological fibromuscular dysplasia only occurring many years later during follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, CHU Nîmes, Hôpital Caremeau, Place du Pr Debré, Nîmes Cedex, France. Electronic address: dimitrirenard@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Dimitri
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Renard
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Palayer
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D018207:Angiomyolipoma / Q000209:etiology; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D005352:Fibromuscular Dysplasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Carotid; dissection; fibromuscular dysplasia; pseudoaneurysm