Aortic stent and renal autotransplantation for the management of renovascular hypertension with Takayasu's arteritis: report of a case.

Abstract

Takayasu's arteritis (TA) is a rare inflammatory disease affecting the aorta and its major branches. In patients with TA, middle aortic syndrome with aortic and renal artery involvement causes severe hypertension that does not respond well to medical therapy. Currently, the optimal therapeutic options have not been established, and the reported results of different treatments vary widely. We herein present a case of middle aortic syndrome with renovascular hypertension caused by TA in a 12-year-old male treated by an aortic stent and renal autotransplantation as a two-staged procedure.

• Authors: Hyung-Kee Kim, Jong-Min Lee, Min Hyun Cho, Seung Huh
• Journal: Surgery today (Surg Today) Vol. 44 Issue 5 Pg. 944-7 (May 2014) ISSN: 1436-2813 [Electronic] Japan
• PMID: 23512530 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Aorta
• Aortic Diseases (etiology)
• Child
• Humans
• Hypertension, Renovascular (etiology, therapy)
• Kidney Transplantation
• Male
• Renal Artery
• Stents
• Syndrome
• Takayasu Arteritis (complications)
• Transplantation, Autologous
• Treatment Outcome