Fibromuscular dysplasia arteriography

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor-in-Chief: Shantanu Sinha, MD,FACC

Overview

FMD is often diagnosed incidentally in the absence of any signs or symptoms during an imaging study. Angiography with contrast will show a characteristic "string of beads" morphology in a vessel affected by FMD.

Arteriography

Shown below are examples of fibromuscular dysplasia with the string of beads sign:

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