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01-09-2009 | Letter to the Editor

Reply to Letter from Pellerin et al.

Re: Doody O, Adam WR, Foley PT, Lyon SM (2009). Fibromuscular Dysplasia Presenting with Bilateral Renal Infarction. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 32:329–332

Authors: O. Doody, P. T. Foley, S. M. Lyon

Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology | Issue 5/2009

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We are grateful to these investigators for their interest in our case and compliment them on their enthusiasm. However, the terminology they use is inexact and changes throughout the text between spontaneous renal artery dissection (SRAD) and dissecting aneurysm. These investigators assert that a clinical triad of acute lumbar pain, hypertension, and microscopic haematuria comprises the presenting manifestation of renal artery dissection. This triad is of course produced by renal infarction regardless of cause and is in no way specific for dissection [1, 2]. In fact, it is even less specific than this, and the same triad may be seen in cases of urolithiasis, infection, and, occasionally, renal cell carcinoma. …

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Title: Reply to Letter from Pellerin et al.
Re: Doody O, Adam WR, Foley PT, Lyon SM (2009). Fibromuscular Dysplasia Presenting with Bilateral Renal Infarction. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 32:329–332
Authors: O. Doody
P. T. Foley
S. M. Lyon
Publication date: 01-09-2009
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology / Issue 5/2009
Print ISSN: 0174-1551
Electronic ISSN: 1432-086X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-009-9554-2

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Reply to Letter from Pellerin et al.

Re: Doody O, Adam WR, Foley PT, Lyon SM (2009). Fibromuscular Dysplasia Presenting with Bilateral Renal Infarction. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 32:329–332

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