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According to the definition, FMD is a condition which can involve every vascular bed in the body, therefore it can cause very heterogeneous and extensive spectrum of [[clinical manifestations]] from [[asymptomatic]] involvement to devastating consequences and [[morbidity]] and [[mortality]].
According to the definition, FMD is a condition which can involve every vascular bed in the body, therefore it can cause very heterogeneous and extensive spectrum of [[clinical manifestations]] from [[asymptomatic]] involvement to devastating consequences and [[morbidity]] and [[mortality]].


Unlike routine conception that FMD is a rare disease of middle-aged female, current data from the French and US registries showed that the awareness about FMD must be raised, and every health provider at any level should be familiar with suggestive [[symptoms]] and [[signs]] of FMD which is more frequent and more often systematic than previously thought.
Unlike routine conception that FMD is a rare disease of middle-aged female, current data from the French and US registries showed that the awareness about FMD must be raised, and every health provider at any level should be familiar with suggestive [[symptoms]] and [[signs]] of FMD which is more frequent and more often systematic than previously thought.<ref name="OlinGornik2014">{{cite journal|last1=Olin|first1=J. W.|last2=Gornik|first2=H. L.|last3=Bacharach|first3=J. M.|last4=Biller|first4=J.|last5=Fine|first5=L. J.|last6=Gray|first6=B. H.|last7=Gray|first7=W. A.|last8=Gupta|first8=R.|last9=Hamburg|first9=N. M.|last10=Katzen|first10=B. T.|last11=Lookstein|first11=R. A.|last12=Lumsden|first12=A. B.|last13=Newburger|first13=J. W.|last14=Rundek|first14=T.|last15=Sperati|first15=C. J.|last16=Stanley|first16=J. C.|title=Fibromuscular Dysplasia: State of the Science and Critical Unanswered Questions: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association|journal=Circulation|volume=129|issue=9|year=2014|pages=1048–1078|issn=0009-7322|doi=10.1161/01.cir.0000442577.96802.8c}}</ref>


==Historical Perspective==
==Historical Perspective==
Fibromuscular dysplasia was first discovered by Leadbetter and Burkland, in 1938 following evaluation of severe [[hypertension]] in a 5-year-old boy. The first [[histopathological]] description of fibromuscular dysplasia and pathologic classification for this condition was proposed in 1958 and 1971 by McCormack and coworkers, chronologically.
Fibromuscular dysplasia was first discovered by Leadbetter and Burkland, in 1938 following evaluation of severe [[hypertension]] in a 5-year-old boy. The first [[histopathological]] description of fibromuscular dysplasia and pathologic classification for this condition was proposed in 1958 and 1971 by McCormack and coworkers, respectively.<ref>Leadbetter WF, Burkland CE. Hypertension in unilateral renal disease. J Urol 1938; 39:611-26</ref> <ref>McCormack LJ, Hazard JB, Poutasse EF. Obstructive lesions of the renal artery associated with remediable hypertension. Am J Pathol 1958;34:582</ref>


Fibromuscular dysplasia with involvement of extrarenal [[arteries]] has been considering in recent years. However numerous aspects of [[molecular biology]] and [[genetic]] [[etiology]] of this condition remain unanswered, and there are various top research priorities in the field of FMD to improve our understanding of this condition.
Fibromuscular dysplasia with involvement of [[extrarenal]] [[arteries]] has been considering in recent years. However numerous aspects of [[molecular biology]] and [[genetic]] [[etiology]] of this condition remain unanswered, and there are various top research priorities in the field of FMD to improve our understanding of this condition.  


==Classification==
==Classification==
* The classification system for fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) was first according to the arterial layer involved. ([[tunica intima]], [[tunica media]] , or [[adventitia]]) . However, with use of transluminal [[percutaneous]] [[angioplasty]] (TPA) for treatment of FMD lesions and its preference rather than surgery, the obtaining of pathological specimens are restricted. Thus, today, FMD is a disease diagnosed radiographically and histopathological classification has been replaced by the [[Arteriography|arteriographic]] findings.
The classification system for fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) was first according to the arterial layer involved. ([[tunica intima]], [[tunica media]] , or [[adventitia]]) . However, with use of transluminal [[percutaneous]] [[angioplasty]] (TPA) for treatment of FMD lesions and its preference rather than surgery, the obtaining of pathological specimens are restricted. Thus, today, FMD is a disease diagnosed radiographically and histopathological classification has been replaced by the [[Arteriography|arteriographic]] findings.<ref name="PersuGiavarini2014">{{cite journal|last1=Persu|first1=Alexandre|last2=Giavarini|first2=Alessandra|last3=Touzé|first3=Emmanuel|last4=Januszewicz|first4=Andrzej|last5=Sapoval|first5=Marc|last6=Azizi|first6=Michel|last7=Barral|first7=Xavier|last8=Jeunemaitre|first8=Xavier|last9=Morganti|first9=Alberto|last10=Plouin|first10=Pierre-François|last11=de Leeuw|first11=Peter|title=European consensus on the diagnosis and management of fibromuscular dysplasia|journal=Journal of Hypertension|volume=32|issue=7|year=2014|pages=1367–1378|issn=0263-6352|doi=10.1097/HJH.0000000000000213}}</ref>


==Pathophysiology==
==Pathophysiology==
* In Fibromuscular dysplasia, the proliferation of [[vascular smooth muscle]] of one or more small or medium-sized [[arteries]]<nowiki/>undergo [[dysplasia]] and cause [[stenosis]]. this [[abnormal]] [[cellular]] [[development]] is characterized by [[fibrous]] thickening of the [[Tunica intima|intima]], [[Tunica media|media]], or [[adventitia]] of the involved arteries; which ultimately lead to arterial narrowing.
In Fibromuscular dysplasia, the proliferation of [[vascular smooth muscle]] of one or more small or medium-sized [[arteries]]<nowiki/>undergo [[dysplasia]] and cause [[stenosis]]. this [[abnormal]] [[cellular]] [[development]] is characterized by [[fibrous]] thickening of the [[Tunica intima|intima]], [[Tunica media|media]], or [[adventitia]] of the involved arteries; which ultimately lead to arterial narrowing.


==Causes==
==Causes==
The cause of fibromuscular dysplasia has not been identified. To review risk factors for the development of FMD, click [[Pericarditis causes#Overview|here]].


==Differentiating Xyz from Other Diseases==
==Differentiating Xyz from Other Diseases==
Fibromuscular dysplasia must be differentiated from other diseases that present clinical features of multisystem involvement, [[hypertension]], [[aneurysm]], and [[dissection]], such as [[atherosclerotic vascular disease]], [[vasculitis]], and [[Ehlers-Danlos type IV syndrome|Ehlers-Danlos Type IV]].
There is a significant delay in [[diagnosis]] from the first onset of clinical symptoms/signs of 4.4 years in men and 4.1 years in women. There are several possible reasons for such a delay, including the possibility that FMD is not considered in the differential diagnosis of a patient’s symptoms because of under-recognition of this disorder, the mistaken belief that FMD is predominately a rare disease of young patients, and the fact that many of the signs and symptoms of FMD are nonspecific, such as dizziness, tinnitus, and headaches.<ref name="OlinFroehlich2012">{{cite journal|last1=Olin|first1=J. W.|last2=Froehlich|first2=J.|last3=Gu|first3=X.|last4=Bacharach|first4=J. M.|last5=Eagle|first5=K.|last6=Gray|first6=B. H.|last7=Jaff|first7=M. R.|last8=Kim|first8=E. S. H.|last9=Mace|first9=P.|last10=Matsumoto|first10=A. H.|last11=McBane|first11=R. D.|last12=Kline-Rogers|first12=E.|last13=White|first13=C. J.|last14=Gornik|first14=H. L.|title=The United States Registry for Fibromuscular Dysplasia: Results in the First 447 Patients|journal=Circulation|volume=125|issue=25|year=2012|pages=3182–3190|issn=0009-7322|doi=10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.091223}}</ref>


==Epidemiology and Demographics==
==Epidemiology and Demographics==
The prevalence of FMD in the general population is not known. In some studies, the prevalence of renal artery FMD has been calculated to be approximately 4 per 100 adults.<ref>Cragg AH, Smith TP, Thompson BH, Maroney TP, Stanson AW, Shaw GT, Hunter DW, Cochran ST. Incidental fibromuscular dysplasia in potential renal donors: long-term clinical follow-up. Radiology. 1989;172:145–147</ref><ref name="PerduBoutouyrie2007">{{cite journal|last1=Perdu|first1=J|last2=Boutouyrie|first2=P|last3=Bourgain|first3=C|last4=Stern|first4=N|last5=Laloux|first5=B|last6=Bozec|first6=E|last7=Azizi|first7=M|last8=Bonaiti-Pellié|first8=C|last9=Plouin|first9=P-F|last10=Laurent|first10=S|last11=Gimenez-Roqueplo|first11=A-P|last12=Jeunemaitre|first12=X|title=Inheritance of arterial lesions in renal fibromuscular dysplasia|journal=Journal of Human Hypertension|volume=21|issue=5|year=2007|pages=393–400|issn=0950-9240|doi=10.1038/sj.jhh.1002156}}</ref><ref name="BlondinLanzman2010">{{cite journal|last1=Blondin|first1=D.|last2=Lanzman|first2=R.|last3=Schellhammer|first3=F.|last4=Oels|first4=M.|last5=Grotemeyer|first5=D.|last6=Baldus|first6=S.E.|last7=Rump|first7=L.C.|last8=Sandmann|first8=W.|last9=Voiculescu|first9=A.|title=Fibromuscular dysplasia in living renal donors: Still a challenge to computed tomographic angiography|journal=European Journal of Radiology|volume=75|issue=1|year=2010|pages=67–71|issn=0720048X|doi=10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.03.014}}</ref>


==Risk Factors==
==Risk Factors==
There are no established risk factors for fibromuscular dysplasia; nevertheless, there are some evidences that [[cigarette smoking]], [[hypertension]] and other classic risk factors for [[atherosclerosis]] may be risk factors in the development of FMD.  FMD has a greater [[prevalence]] among women but no definite association has been found between this condition and use of [[Oral contraceptive|oral contraceptives]] or disturbances of [[Sex hormones|endogenous sex hormones]]. Since the disease is more common among the first-degree relatives of patients with FMD, Genetic factors may play a role in the development of FMD. <ref>Sang CN, Whelton PK, Hamper UM, et al. Etiologic factors in renovascular fibromuscular dysplasia: a case-control study. Hypertension 1989;14:472-9</ref>


==Screening==
==Screening==
According to the American Heart Association (AHA)/American College of Cardiology guidelines, and European consensus on the diagnosis and management of fibromuscular dysplasia, there are some recommendations and indications for the screening of FMD-related RAS, cervicocephalic FMD, and in first-degree relatives of patients with FMD.<ref name="HirschHaskal2006">{{cite journal|last1=Hirsch|first1=Alan T.|last2=Haskal|first2=Ziv J.|last3=Hertzer|first3=Norman R.|last4=Bakal|first4=Curtis W.|last5=Creager|first5=Mark A.|last6=Halperin|first6=Jonathan L.|last7=Hiratzka|first7=Loren F.|last8=Murphy|first8=William R.C.|last9=Olin|first9=Jeffrey W.|last10=Puschett|first10=Jules B.|last11=Rosenfield|first11=Kenneth A.|last12=Sacks|first12=David|last13=Stanley|first13=James C.|last14=Taylor|first14=Lloyd M.|last15=White|first15=Christopher J.|last16=White|first16=John|last17=White|first17=Rodney A.|last18=Antman|first18=Elliott M.|last19=Smith|first19=Sidney C.|last20=Adams|first20=Cynthia D.|last21=Anderson|first21=Jeffrey L.|last22=Faxon|first22=David P.|last23=Fuster|first23=Valentin|last24=Gibbons|first24=Raymond J.|last25=Halperin|first25=Jonathan L.|last26=Hiratzka|first26=Loren F.|last27=Hunt|first27=Sharon A.|last28=Jacobs|first28=Alice K.|last29=Nishimura|first29=Rick|last30=Ornato|first30=Joseph P.|last31=Page|first31=Richard L.|last32=Riegel|first32=Barbara|title=ACC/AHA 2005 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease (Lower Extremity, Renal, Mesenteric, and Abdominal Aortic): Executive Summary A Collaborative Report From the American Association for Vascular Surgery/Society for Vascular Surgery,⁎⁎AAVS/SVS when Guideline initiated, now merged into SVSSociety for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology, Society of Interventional Radiology, and the ACC/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Develop Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease)|journal=Journal of the American College of Cardiology|volume=47|issue=6|year=2006|pages=1239–1312|issn=07351097|doi=10.1016/j.jacc.2005.10.009}}</ref><ref name="PersuGiavarini2014">{{cite journal|last1=Persu|first1=Alexandre|last2=Giavarini|first2=Alessandra|last3=Touzé|first3=Emmanuel|last4=Januszewicz|first4=Andrzej|last5=Sapoval|first5=Marc|last6=Azizi|first6=Michel|last7=Barral|first7=Xavier|last8=Jeunemaitre|first8=Xavier|last9=Morganti|first9=Alberto|last10=Plouin|first10=Pierre-François|last11=de Leeuw|first11=Peter|title=European consensus on the diagnosis and management of fibromuscular dysplasia|journal=Journal of Hypertension|volume=32|issue=7|year=2014|pages=1367–1378|issn=0263-6352|doi=10.1097/HJH.0000000000000213}}</ref><ref name="PerduBoutouyrie2007">{{cite journal|last1=Perdu|first1=J|last2=Boutouyrie|first2=P|last3=Bourgain|first3=C|last4=Stern|first4=N|last5=Laloux|first5=B|last6=Bozec|first6=E|last7=Azizi|first7=M|last8=Bonaiti-Pellié|first8=C|last9=Plouin|first9=P-F|last10=Laurent|first10=S|last11=Gimenez-Roqueplo|first11=A-P|last12=Jeunemaitre|first12=X|title=Inheritance of arterial lesions in renal fibromuscular dysplasia|journal=Journal of Human Hypertension|volume=21|issue=5|year=2007|pages=393–400|issn=0950-9240|doi=10.1038/sj.jhh.1002156}}</ref>


==Natural History, Complications, and Prognosis==
==Natural History, Complications, and Prognosis==


Current knowledge about natural history, the efficacy of medical therapies, complications, and prognosis of FMD, are really restricted; however the natural history of FMD is benign, and the long-term prognosis of patients with FMD is good, and its existence alone is not an indication for preventive intervention or surgery.
[[Renal]] or cervival artery [[dissection]] and [[Intracranial]] [[aneurysms]] [[rupture]] and [[SAH]] are the most common complications of FMD.<ref name="OlinGornik2014">{{cite journal|last1=Olin|first1=J. W.|last2=Gornik|first2=H. L.|last3=Bacharach|first3=J. M.|last4=Biller|first4=J.|last5=Fine|first5=L. J.|last6=Gray|first6=B. H.|last7=Gray|first7=W. A.|last8=Gupta|first8=R.|last9=Hamburg|first9=N. M.|last10=Katzen|first10=B. T.|last11=Lookstein|first11=R. A.|last12=Lumsden|first12=A. B.|last13=Newburger|first13=J. W.|last14=Rundek|first14=T.|last15=Sperati|first15=C. J.|last16=Stanley|first16=J. C.|title=Fibromuscular Dysplasia: State of the Science and Critical Unanswered Questions: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association|journal=Circulation|volume=129|issue=9|year=2014|pages=1048–1078|issn=0009-7322|doi=10.1161/01.cir.0000442577.96802.8c}}</ref>


==Diagnosis==
==Diagnosis==
===Diagnostic Study of Choice===
===Diagnostic Study of Choice===
Catheter-based [[angiography]] is the gold standard test for the diagnosis of renovascular fibromuscular dysplasia. Imaging modalities are the methods for diagnosing FMD. [[Duplex ultrasound|Duplex ultrasonography]], accompanied by [[CT angiography|computed tomographic angiography]]([[CT angiography|CTA]]), and [[magnetic resonance angiography]] ([[Magnetic resonance angiography|MRA]]), are imaging techniques for detecting FMD lesions but the gold standard remains catheter-based angiography.<ref name="OlinGornik2014">{{cite journal|last1=Olin|first1=J. W.|last2=Gornik|first2=H. L.|last3=Bacharach|first3=J. M.|last4=Biller|first4=J.|last5=Fine|first5=L. J.|last6=Gray|first6=B. H.|last7=Gray|first7=W. A.|last8=Gupta|first8=R.|last9=Hamburg|first9=N. M.|last10=Katzen|first10=B. T.|last11=Lookstein|first11=R. A.|last12=Lumsden|first12=A. B.|last13=Newburger|first13=J. W.|last14=Rundek|first14=T.|last15=Sperati|first15=C. J.|last16=Stanley|first16=J. C.|title=Fibromuscular Dysplasia: State of the Science and Critical Unanswered Questions: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association|journal=Circulation|volume=129|issue=9|year=2014|pages=1048–1078|issn=0009-7322|doi=10.1161/01.cir.0000442577.96802.8c}}</ref>


===History and Symptoms===
===History and Symptoms===
Since Fibromuscular dysplasia can involve virtually every [[artery]] of the body, thus the clinical presentations of FMD vary widely and are determined by the [[Vessel|vessels]] territories that are involved.The clinical presentations of FMD may result from the [[stenosis]], occlusion, [[ischemia]], [[dissection]], [[rupture]] of [[Aneurysm|aneurysms]] and [[embolization]] of intravascular [[thrombi]] from dissection or aneurysms.<ref name="OlinFroehlich2012">{{cite journal|last1=Olin|first1=J. W.|last2=Froehlich|first2=J.|last3=Gu|first3=X.|last4=Bacharach|first4=J. M.|last5=Eagle|first5=K.|last6=Gray|first6=B. H.|last7=Jaff|first7=M. R.|last8=Kim|first8=E. S. H.|last9=Mace|first9=P.|last10=Matsumoto|first10=A. H.|last11=McBane|first11=R. D.|last12=Kline-Rogers|first12=E.|last13=White|first13=C. J.|last14=Gornik|first14=H. L.|title=The United States Registry for Fibromuscular Dysplasia: Results in the First 447 Patients|journal=Circulation|volume=125|issue=25|year=2012|pages=3182–3190|issn=0009-7322|doi=10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.091223}}</ref>


===Physical Examination===
===Physical Examination===
Patients with FMD usually appear normal. In physical examination of patients with FMD mild to moderate hypertension may be detected. In the auscultation of neck among patients with involvement of carotid artery or auscultation of epigastric or flank of renovascular FMD bruits may be heard. Eventullay due to nonspecific sypmtoms and sings of FMD, the diagnosis of this disease needs highly clinical suspicion of healthcare provider.


===Laboratory Findings===
===Laboratory Findings===
There are no diagnostic laboratory findings associated with fibromuscular dysplasia.


===Electrocardiogram===
===Electrocardiogram===
There are no ECG findings associated with FMD.


===X-ray===
===Ultrasound===
 
However, duplex (doppler with B-mode) [[ultrasound]] is less sensitive than CT-angiography and [[MRA]] for detecting [[atherosclerotic]] [[RAS]] and FMD-related RAS, but convenient availability, modest expenditure, non-irradiating and easily providing information about kidney size, the hemodynamic impact of the stenosis, and associated renal disease, makes DUS as a reasonable first-line screening imaging modality.
===Echocardiography and Ultrasound===
 
===CT scan===


===MRI===
===CTA===
[[Computed tomography angiography]] ([[CT angiography|CTA]]) has really excellent diagnostic exactness for FMD of the renal arteries. [[CT angiography|CTA]] may use in the diagnosis of FMD of the cervicocephalic arteries and to find associated intracranial lesions.


===Other Imaging Findings===
===MRA===
[[Magnetic resonance angiography]] ([[Magnetic resonance angiography|MRA]]) in comparison with [[Duplex Ultrasonography to Evaluate Asymptomatic Patients With Known or Suspected Carotid Stenosis|DUS]] and [[CT angiography|CTA]] is less preferred. In [[Magnetic resonance angiography|MRA]] images there is an inadequate spatial resolution in the branch vessels, as well as pseudo-beading features from artifact impact. However, [[Magnetic resonance angiography|MRA]] can be useful for detecting [[Aneurysm|aneurysms]] and [[Dissection (medical)|dissections]].


===Other Diagnostic Studies===
=== '''Arteriography''' ===
[[Arteriography]] remains the gold standard in diagnosis of FMD. [[Angiography]] with contrast will show a characteristic "string of beads" morphology in a vessel affected by FMD.


==Treatment==
==Treatment==
===Medical Therapy===
===Medical Therapy===
Pharmacologic medical therapies for treatment of [[renovascular hypertension]] in FMD patients include [[ACE inhibitor|ACE inhibitors]] and [[angiotensin receptor blockers]] (ARBs).If a second medication is needed, the addition of a [[thiazide diuretic]] is an acceptable choice. Among patients with an ischemic event, [[Antiplatelet drug|antiplatelet]] therapy is generally used


===Surgery===
===Surgery===
[[Revascularization]] by surgical intervention or percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) , are  not the first-line treatment options for patients with FMD, however in cases of FMD-related [[RAS]] with  signs of downstream reduction of [[renal function]] or in case of drug-resistant HTN vascular reconstruction should be considered.


===Primary Prevention===
===Primary Prevention===
There are no established measures for the primary prevention of fibromuscular dysplasia.


===Secondary Prevention===
===Secondary Prevention===
There are no established measures for the secondary prevention of FMD.


==References==
==References==

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Overview

The definition of Fibromuscular Dysplasia(FMD) on the Medical Subject Headings is "an idiopathic, segmental, nonatheromatous disease of the musculature of arterial walls, leading to stenosis of small and medium-sized arteries. There is a true proliferation of smooth muscle cells and fibrous tissue formation. however, this systemic arteriopathy is a noninflammatory process and is therefore not associated with inflammatory biomarkers.

According to the definition, FMD is a condition which can involve every vascular bed in the body, therefore it can cause very heterogeneous and extensive spectrum of clinical manifestations from asymptomatic involvement to devastating consequences and morbidity and mortality.

Unlike routine conception that FMD is a rare disease of middle-aged female, current data from the French and US registries showed that the awareness about FMD must be raised, and every health provider at any level should be familiar with suggestive symptoms and signs of FMD which is more frequent and more often systematic than previously thought.[1]

Historical Perspective

Fibromuscular dysplasia was first discovered by Leadbetter and Burkland, in 1938 following evaluation of severe hypertension in a 5-year-old boy. The first histopathological description of fibromuscular dysplasia and pathologic classification for this condition was proposed in 1958 and 1971 by McCormack and coworkers, respectively.[2] [3]

Fibromuscular dysplasia with involvement of extrarenal arteries has been considering in recent years. However numerous aspects of molecular biology and genetic etiology of this condition remain unanswered, and there are various top research priorities in the field of FMD to improve our understanding of this condition.

Classification

The classification system for fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) was first according to the arterial layer involved. (tunica intimatunica media , or adventitia) . However, with use of transluminal percutaneous angioplasty (TPA) for treatment of FMD lesions and its preference rather than surgery, the obtaining of pathological specimens are restricted. Thus, today, FMD is a disease diagnosed radiographically and histopathological classification has been replaced by the arteriographic findings.[4]

Pathophysiology

In Fibromuscular dysplasia, the proliferation of vascular smooth muscle of one or more small or medium-sized arteriesundergo dysplasia and cause stenosis. this abnormal cellular development is characterized by fibrous thickening of the intimamedia, or adventitia of the involved arteries; which ultimately lead to arterial narrowing.

Causes

The cause of fibromuscular dysplasia has not been identified. To review risk factors for the development of FMD, click here.

Differentiating Xyz from Other Diseases

Fibromuscular dysplasia must be differentiated from other diseases that present clinical features of multisystem involvement, hypertensionaneurysm, and dissection, such as atherosclerotic vascular diseasevasculitis, and Ehlers-Danlos Type IV.

There is a significant delay in diagnosis from the first onset of clinical symptoms/signs of 4.4 years in men and 4.1 years in women. There are several possible reasons for such a delay, including the possibility that FMD is not considered in the differential diagnosis of a patient’s symptoms because of under-recognition of this disorder, the mistaken belief that FMD is predominately a rare disease of young patients, and the fact that many of the signs and symptoms of FMD are nonspecific, such as dizziness, tinnitus, and headaches.[5]

Epidemiology and Demographics

The prevalence of FMD in the general population is not known. In some studies, the prevalence of renal artery FMD has been calculated to be approximately 4 per 100 adults.[6][7][8]

Risk Factors

There are no established risk factors for fibromuscular dysplasia; nevertheless, there are some evidences that cigarette smokinghypertension and other classic risk factors for atherosclerosis may be risk factors in the development of FMD. FMD has a greater prevalence among women but no definite association has been found between this condition and use of oral contraceptives or disturbances of endogenous sex hormones. Since the disease is more common among the first-degree relatives of patients with FMD, Genetic factors may play a role in the development of FMD. [9]

Screening

According to the American Heart Association (AHA)/American College of Cardiology guidelines, and European consensus on the diagnosis and management of fibromuscular dysplasia, there are some recommendations and indications for the screening of FMD-related RAS, cervicocephalic FMD, and in first-degree relatives of patients with FMD.[10][4][7]

Natural History, Complications, and Prognosis

Current knowledge about natural history, the efficacy of medical therapies, complications, and prognosis of FMD, are really restricted; however the natural history of FMD is benign, and the long-term prognosis of patients with FMD is good, and its existence alone is not an indication for preventive intervention or surgery.

Renal or cervival artery dissection and Intracranial aneurysms rupture and SAH are the most common complications of FMD.[1]

Diagnosis

Diagnostic Study of Choice

Catheter-based angiography is the gold standard test for the diagnosis of renovascular fibromuscular dysplasia. Imaging modalities are the methods for diagnosing FMD. Duplex ultrasonography, accompanied by computed tomographic angiography(CTA), and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), are imaging techniques for detecting FMD lesions but the gold standard remains catheter-based angiography.[1]

History and Symptoms

Since Fibromuscular dysplasia can involve virtually every artery of the body, thus the clinical presentations of FMD vary widely and are determined by the vessels territories that are involved.The clinical presentations of FMD may result from the stenosis, occlusion, ischemiadissectionrupture of aneurysms and embolization of intravascular thrombi from dissection or aneurysms.[5]

Physical Examination

Patients with FMD usually appear normal. In physical examination of patients with FMD mild to moderate hypertension may be detected. In the auscultation of neck among patients with involvement of carotid artery or auscultation of epigastric or flank of renovascular FMD bruits may be heard. Eventullay due to nonspecific sypmtoms and sings of FMD, the diagnosis of this disease needs highly clinical suspicion of healthcare provider.

Laboratory Findings

There are no diagnostic laboratory findings associated with fibromuscular dysplasia.

Electrocardiogram

There are no ECG findings associated with FMD.

Ultrasound

However, duplex (doppler with B-mode) ultrasound is less sensitive than CT-angiography and MRA for detecting atherosclerotic RAS and FMD-related RAS, but convenient availability, modest expenditure, non-irradiating and easily providing information about kidney size, the hemodynamic impact of the stenosis, and associated renal disease, makes DUS as a reasonable first-line screening imaging modality.

CTA

Computed tomography angiography (CTA) has really excellent diagnostic exactness for FMD of the renal arteries. CTA may use in the diagnosis of FMD of the cervicocephalic arteries and to find associated intracranial lesions.

MRA

Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) in comparison with DUS and CTA is less preferred. In MRA images there is an inadequate spatial resolution in the branch vessels, as well as pseudo-beading features from artifact impact. However, MRA can be useful for detecting aneurysms and dissections.

Arteriography

Arteriography remains the gold standard in diagnosis of FMD. Angiography with contrast will show a characteristic "string of beads" morphology in a vessel affected by FMD.

Treatment

Medical Therapy

Pharmacologic medical therapies for treatment of renovascular hypertension in FMD patients include ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs).If a second medication is needed, the addition of a thiazide diuretic is an acceptable choice. Among patients with an ischemic event, antiplatelet therapy is generally used

Surgery

Revascularization by surgical intervention or percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) , are not the first-line treatment options for patients with FMD, however in cases of FMD-related RAS with signs of downstream reduction of renal function or in case of drug-resistant HTN vascular reconstruction should be considered.

Primary Prevention

There are no established measures for the primary prevention of fibromuscular dysplasia.

Secondary Prevention

There are no established measures for the secondary prevention of FMD.

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