Isolated spontaneous renal artery dissection: Diagnosis and endovascular management

Bora Peynircioglu1, Serhan Piskinkaya2, Çigdem Ozer1, Barbaros Cil 1, Cem Yorgancıoglu3, Mustafa Arıcı2

1Hacettepe University, Radiology, Ankara, Turkey 2Hacettepe University, Internal Medicine, Ankara, Turkey 3Hacettepe University, Vascular Surgery, Ankara, Turkey

Spontaneous-isolated focal renal artery dissection is really rare entity as an etiology of renovascular hypertension. The imaging technologies for the renal arteries have been recently evolved by innovation of multidetector CT angiography (MDCT) as well as intravascular ultrasound. We describe a 52-year-old male patient with spontaneous renal artery dissection complicated by renovascular hypertension successfully diagnosed with MDCT angiography initially, then evaluated by intravascular ultrasound and finally treated by means of stenting successfully.

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