Primary renal artery dissection.

Can Assoc Radiol J

Department of Diagnostic Imaging, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ont.

Published: February 1995

A typical case of primary renal artery dissection, an unusual entity causing renal infarction, is described. This abnormality, masquerading as renal colic, affects otherwise-healthy middle-aged men. Angiography, which will confirm the diagnosis, should precede nephrectomy, because vascular repair may be feasible.

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