Renal fibromuscular dysplasia treated with partial nephrectomy

Urol Int. 1996;56(1):36-40. doi: 10.1159/000282806.

Abstract

Renovascular hypertension, caused by fibromuscular dysplasia, mainly affects young women in the third decade of life. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty is the treatment of choice for solitary lesions with a complete functional result in 40-50% of the cases. Multiple stenoses, involving intrarenal arterioles, cannot be treated by dilatation and are mostly treated by nephrectomy. Nevertheless, those vascular stenoses are often limited to a particular renal segment so that unaffected segments could be spared. Two patients were treated with a partial nephrectomy. The short-term results are promising. We suggest that this treatment modality could be offered as a rational and effective solution to well-selected cases, with multiple, regionally limited arterial stenoses.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Angiography
  • Female
  • Fibromuscular Dysplasia / complications
  • Fibromuscular Dysplasia / diagnostic imaging
  • Fibromuscular Dysplasia / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Renovascular / etiology
  • Nephrectomy*
  • Renal Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Renal Artery Obstruction / complications
  • Renal Artery Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
  • Renal Artery Obstruction / surgery*
  • Renal Circulation