Extrinsic compression of the renal artery by diaphragmatic crus |
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Authors: | Claude Clément MD Roberto Ruiz MD Bogdan Costa-Foru MD Hubert Nicaise MD |
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Institution: | (1) Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire, Hôpital Robert Debrè, Alexis Carrel, 51092 Reims Cedex, France |
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Abstract: | Extrinsic compression of the renal artery due to a fibromuscular band originating from the diaphragm was encountered in a 26-year-old patient who had systemic hypertension associated with stenosis and kinking of one of her renal arteries. After surgical decompression, the renal artery assumed a normal expansion with disappearance of hypertension. Six other cases of extrinsic compression of the renal artery have been found in the literature. Surgical treatment is mandatory in all cases because the mechanism that causes the lesion makes percutaneous transluminal angioplasty illusory. |
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Keywords: | Renal artery extrinsic compression renovascular hypertension diaphragm |
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