Diffuse fibromuscular dysplasia successfully treated with scoring balloon angioplasty in a 3-year-old boy

Heart Vessels. 2009 Nov;24(6):460-2. doi: 10.1007/s00380-009-1147-0. Epub 2009 Nov 22.

Abstract

In children, up to 10% of the cases of arterial hypertension may be caused by a renovascular disease. The etiology of this renovascular disease is most of the time due to a fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD), which causes a noninflammatory intimal-medial fibroplasia leading to luminal compromise. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of FMD is a worldwide-accepted treatment modality for this serious arterial disease with, so far, good safety and long-term efficacy data. Once FMD involves several arterial compartments leading to symptoms the outcomes are poor. Herein we report the case of a 3(1/2)-year-old boy with severe arterial hypertension and abdominal angina due to a diffuse multivisceral FMD involvement, successfully managed by a percutaneous angioplasty approach using a new balloon catheter for plaque modulation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / etiology
  • Angioplasty, Balloon* / instrumentation
  • Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child, Preschool
  • Equipment Design
  • Fibromuscular Dysplasia / complications
  • Fibromuscular Dysplasia / diagnostic imaging
  • Fibromuscular Dysplasia / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Renovascular / diagnostic imaging
  • Hypertension, Renovascular / etiology
  • Hypertension, Renovascular / therapy*
  • Male
  • Mesenteric Artery, Superior* / diagnostic imaging
  • Radiography
  • Renal Artery Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
  • Renal Artery Obstruction / etiology
  • Renal Artery Obstruction / therapy*
  • Splenic Artery* / diagnostic imaging
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antihypertensive Agents