Unifocal and Multifocal Fibromuscular Dysplasia: Two Different Disease Entities in a Single Patient?

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serval:BIB_2390C831A510
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Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Title
Unifocal and Multifocal Fibromuscular Dysplasia: Two Different Disease Entities in a Single Patient?
Journal
Hypertension
Author(s)
Twist Daan JL, Leeuw Peter W, Spiering Wilko, Rossi Gian Paolo, Dominiczak Anna F, Jennings Garry LR, Barigou Mohammed, Persu Alexandre, Kroon Abraham A
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2019
Volume
73
Number
1
Pages
7-12
Language
english
Abstract
Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is a heterogeneous group of nonatherosclerotic, noninflammatory vascular diseases that can be classified into 2 subtypes based on their angiographic appearance: the multifocal type, with its typical string-of-beads pattern, and the unifocal type, presenting as a single focal stenosis.1,2 Because these 2 FMD entities differ substantially with regard to clinical and histopathologic characteristics, it has been suggested that unifocal and multifocal FMDs in fact represent 2 different vascular diseases.3 Recently, however, we observed a patient in whom imaging studies suggest the coexistence of unifocal and multifocal FMD in a single patient.
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