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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ha-ou-nou, F Zahra
• Boumzebra, D
• Essaadouni, L

Titel

Coexistence of renal artery stenosis, primary antiphospholipid syndrome and polycythaemia vera: an exceptional association

Ist Teil von

• Lupus, 2014-01, Vol.23 (1), p.84-87

Ort / Verlag

London, England: SAGE Publications

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Renal artery stenosis is the narrowing of the renal artery which causes hypertension and atrophy of the affected kidney, ultimately leading to renal failure if not treated and most often caused by atherosclerosis or fibromuscular dysplasia. Recently, renal artery stenosis has also been documented in patients with the antiphospholipid syndrome and in very few cases with myeloproliferative disease. In this paper, we describe a 31-year-old female with a history of gangrene affecting the toes with severe hypertension (200/110 mmHg), whose investigations revealed a combination of renal artery stenosis, primary antiphospholipid syndrome and polycythaemia vera.