Possible familial origin of multifocal renal artery fibromuscular dysplasia

Abstract

Multifocal FMD was mostly found in women and unifocal FMD in young men with more severe stenosis and kidney ischemia. The documented prevalence of familial cases was 11% in this series, the true prevalence being probably higher because only a few siblings were examined by angiography. Familial cases all exhibited the multifocal type and were more commonly bilateral than were sporadic cases.