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Fibromuscular dysplasia is the second in frequency disease causing renal artery stenoses. It is the most common cause of secondary arterial hypertension in young patients.
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Fibromuscular dysplasia is the second in frequency disease causing renal artery stenoses. It is the most common cause of secondary arterial hypertension in young patients. After CT angiography beaded narrowings mainly of middle and distal segments of renal arteries may be found forming the “string of beads” sign or the “string of pearls” sign (↑).
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Yudin, A. (2014). String of Beads Sign or String of Pearls Sign. In: Metaphorical Signs in Computed Tomography of Chest and Abdomen. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04013-4_71
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