Renal fibromuscular dysplasia with malignant hypertension cured by balloon angioplasty with stenting

Blood Press. 2014 Dec;23(6):381-3. doi: 10.3109/08037051.2014.916065. Epub 2014 Jun 13.

Abstract

We presented a 31-year-old female patient with a history of hypertension and severe pulsing headache for about 3 months. The patient had pulsing headaches over the past 3 months with increased very high blood pressure (BP = 220/130 mmHg), sometimes with blurred vision, nausea and vomiting, with no known pathological conditions in her medical history or family background. A digital subtraction angiography confirmed tight stenosis (90%) in the middle segment of the right renal artery. Balloon angioplasty with a stent was the treatment of choice. Blood pressure dropped to normal after treatment.

Keywords: Balloon angioplasty; dysplasia; hypertension; renal artery stenosis; stent.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Angioplasty, Balloon*
  • Female
  • Fibromuscular Dysplasia / complications*
  • Fibromuscular Dysplasia / physiopathology
  • Fibromuscular Dysplasia / therapy*
  • Headache / complications
  • Headache / physiopathology
  • Headache / therapy
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Malignant / complications*
  • Hypertension, Malignant / physiopathology
  • Hypertension, Malignant / therapy*
  • Renal Artery / physiopathology
  • Renal Artery Obstruction / complications*
  • Renal Artery Obstruction / physiopathology
  • Renal Artery Obstruction / therapy*
  • Stents