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Spontaneous renal artery dissection is rare and may be misdiagnosed because its clinical presentation is confusing. Diagnosis is usually made by intra-arterial angiography. We report a case where a spontaneous renal artery dissection was initially misdiagnosed as a renal abscess. Diagnosis was made later with helical CT for suspicion of renal artery stenosis in a patient with recent onset of hypertension. This unusual case shows that helical CT can be useful for non-invasive diagnosis of renal artery dissection.
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Received: 20 May 1999; Revised: 2 September 1999; Accepted: 3 September 1999
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Paul, JF., Blacher, J., Blancher, JF. et al. Spontaneous renal artery dissection revealed by helical CT angiography. Eur Radiol 10, 783–785 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003300051005
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003300051005