Case Report: Renal artery stenosis in children: ultrasound as a decisive diagnostic and therapy-accompanying technique!

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Renal artery stenosis in children is rare, and the recommended diagnostic algorithm, including techniques such as catheter-based angiography, CT angiography, magnetic resonance angiography, and ultrasound, is controversial in pediatric cohorts.

Case presentation

We report a case of an 11-year-old girl with renal artery stenosis in whom ultrasonography played a decisive role in confirming the diagnosis and accompanying therapeutic percutaneous transluminal renal artery angioplasty.

Conclusion

Improved ultrasound techniques and the examiner's experience contribute to improving renal artery stenosis diagnosis in children. In particular, localized sensitive blood flow velocity analysis indicates the advantages of ultrasound compared to other imaging modalitie

SUBMITTER: Brasseler M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10701517 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature