Intimal Fibromuscular Dysplasia of Renal Artery: A Rare Case of Hypertension

Abstract

Hypertension has a long list of primary as well as secondary causes. Fibromuscular dysplasia is amongst the rare secon dary causes of hypertension. Intimal fibroplasia as a pathologic cause occurs in less than 10% of patients with fibromuscular dysplasia. We report a rare case of hypertension due to intimal fibromuscular dysplasia of renal artery, treated successfully with renal angioplasty and stenting. It is important to note that intimal fibromuscular dysplasia mimics atherosclerotic lesions morphologically and on renal angiography.