|Bilateral renal artery stenosis and epidermal nevus syndrome in a child.|
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|Epidermal nevus syndrome is a rare congenital sporadic neuro-ectodermic disorder, characterized by the presence of epidermal nevi in association with various developmental abnormalities of the skin, eyes, nervous, skeletal, cardiovascular and urogenital systems. We describe a 5-year-old boy with conjunctival lipodermoid, cervical and facial sebaceous nevi who presented at 3 years of age with hypertension due to bilateral renal artery stenosis together with multiple vascular anomalies (aorta, celiac trunk, superior mesenteric artery) as shown by magnetic resonance angiography. Systemic arterial hypertension was difficult to control despite combined anti-hypertensive drugs and the surgical repair of the aortic coarctation.|
|Fahad Alsohim; Pauline Abou-Jaoude; Jean Ninet; Jean-Pierre Pracros; Alice Phan; Pierre Cochat|
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|Type: Case Reports; Journal Article Date: 2011-07-01|
|Title: Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) Volume: 26 ISSN: 1432-198X ISO Abbreviation: Pediatr. Nephrol. Publication Date: 2011 Nov|
|Created Date: 2011-09-22 Completed Date: 2012-01-26 Revised Date: 2013-06-28|
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|Nlm Unique ID: 8708728 Medline TA: Pediatr Nephrol Country: Germany|
|Languages: eng Pagination: 2081-4 Citation Subset: IM|
|Service de néphrologie, rhumatologie et dermatologie pédiatriques, Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant, centre de référence des maladies rénales rares, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 59 boulevard Pinel, 69500 Bron, France. email@example.com|
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Hypertension, Renovascular / etiology, pathology
Nevus, Sebaceous of Jadassohn / complications*, pathology
Renal Artery Obstruction / etiology*, pathology
Journal ID (nlm-ta): Pediatr Nephrol
Publisher: Springer-Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg
© The Author(s) 2011
Received Day: 14 Month: 12 Year: 2010
Revision Received Day: 25 Month: 5 Year: 2011
Accepted Day: 31 Month: 5 Year: 2011
Electronic publication date: Day: 1 Month: 7 Year: 2011
pmc-release publication date: Day: 1 Month: 7 Year: 2011
Print publication date: Month: 11 Year: 2011
Volume: 26 Issue: 11
First Page: 2081 Last Page: 2084
PubMed Id: 21720804
Publisher Id: 1949
|Bilateral renal artery stenosis and epidermal nevus syndrome in a child|
1Service de néphrologie, rhumatologie et dermatologie pédiatriques, Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant, centre de référence des maladies rénales rares, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 59 boulevard Pinel, 69500 Bron, France
2Service de chirurgie cardio-vasculaire, Hôpital Louis Pradel, groupement hospitalier Est, Bron, France
3Service de radiologie, Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant, Bron, France
4Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
5King Saud university, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Epidermal nevus syndrome is a group of congenital neuro-ectodermic disorders characterized by epidermal nevi in association with cerebral, ocular, skeletal, and sometimes cardiac and renal abnormalities.
In 1968, Solomon et al.  reported the first case of epidermal nevus syndrome. While universal diagnostic criteria have not yet been defined, the diagnosis is usually based on epidermal or sebaceous nevus on the scalp, face, trunk or extremities present at birth or appearing in early childhood, accompanied by various anomalies of the central nervous system, bones, and eyes . Vascular anomalies associated with epidermal nevus syndrome are rare findings, including aneurysm, arteriovenous malformation, vascular coarctation, patent ductus arteriosus, and vascular dysplasia [3, 4]. Only one case of arterial hypertension secondary to renal artery stenosis and narrowing of abdominal aorta in association with epidermal nevus syndrome has been described so far . We report on a 5-year-old boy with epidermal nevus syndrome who presented with arterial hypertension due to bilateral renal artery stenosis in association with other severe vascular malformations.
A 5-year-old boy with epidermal nevus syndrome without neurological abnormality, diagnosed at birth because of right hemifacial and cervical nevi together with conjunctival lipodermoid, is reported. The skin biopsy of the cervical nevus at birth found sebaceous nevi, which confirmed the diagnosis of epidermal nevus syndrome. High blood pressure (140/70 mmHg) was incidentally discovered at 3 years of age, at the time of surgery for cervical nevi excision. Clinical examination revealed a systolic cardiac ejection murmur of 3/6 at the right upper sternal edge without radiation, weak bilateral femoral pulses, and asymmetrical arterial blood pressure between upper and lower limbs. The neurological examination did not show any deficits or musculoskeletal anomalies.
Echocardiography examination revealed a mild coarctation of the aorta at the isthmus with a nadir pressure gradient of 50 mmHg, so that antihypertensive drug therapy (beta-blocker + ACE inhibitor) was initiated. One year later, the echocardiography was repeated because of persistent elevated blood pressure, but no significant change was noted. Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) showed dilated ascending aorta (20 mm in diameter) with a hypoplastic transverse arch (7 mm) and descending aorta (10 mm). Surgical repair of the aortic coarctation was carried out at 5 years of age by modified Crafoord technique. Post-surgical echocardiography showed improved blood flow velocity (3 m/s) and maximal pressure gradient (36 mmHg) at the aortic isthmus. However, the treatment with beta-blocker and ACE inhibitor could not be discontinued because of ongoing systemic hypertension (140/80 mmHg).
Six months later, the patient was referred to our department for further investigation of persistent arterial hypertension (135/82 mmHg). There was no clinical evidence of post-surgical recurrent stenosis of the aorta (symmetrical blood pressure in both upper and lower limbs).
There was no sign of impairment of renal function and serum creatinine was within the normal range for age.
Renal Doppler ultrasound revealed normal kidney size with normal differentiation, an accelerated blood flow velocity at the right renal artery ostium and proximal left renal artery (2 m/s), at the ostium of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA; 3 m/s) and as well as the coeliac trunk (4–5 m/s). These findings were confirmed by MRA, which showed multiple stenoses at different levels of the aorta without signs of wall thickness or inflammation (Figs. 1, 2, 3), but with stenosis at the ostium of the left subclavian artery (5.7 mm, then 10 mm), narrowing of the descending thoracic aorta at the isthmus (8 mm, then 10 mm), proximal stenosis of the coeliac trunk, SMA, right and left renal arteries.
Treatment with beta blocker and ACE inhibitor was continued with a progressive dose increase and close observation of renal function until acceptable control of blood pressure was achieved (120/70 mmHg).
At last follow-up, i.e., at 10 years of age, the boy had no overt organ damage with normal growth (height 25th to 50th centile, body weight 75th to 97th centile), no remarkable developmental delay, and normal renal function (serum creatinine 38 μmol/l, estimated GFR 130 ml/min/1.73 m2). Since blood pressure control was currently acceptable under treatment with beta-blocker and ACE inhibitor (120/67 mmHg), surgery had been postponed under close surveillance. This strategy was decided according to a surgical team, a radiology team, a nephrology team, and parental input.
Epidermal nevi are circumscribed congenital lesions in the arrangement or quantitative composition of otherwise normal cutaneous elements, and are caused by somatic mutations producing mosaicism . Most often they are linear, following the Blaschko lines, but segmental distribution can be found. The term “epidermal nevus syndrome” refers to sporadic neuro-ectodermic disorders in which epidermal nevi are found in association with deformities and dysplasia of the skin, eyes, brain, skeleton, and heart. Both the cardiovascular and skeletal systems are derived from the mesoderm; thus, epidermal nevus syndrome may result not only from ectodermal, but also from mesodermal defect .
Bilateral renal artery stenosis is an unusual vascular malformation associated with epidermal nevus syndrome. In the literature several vascular malformations were reported: coarctation of the aorta, ventricular septal defect, pulmonary artery stenosis, azygos anterior cerebral artery, internal carotid artery occlusion, bilateral vertebral artery occlusion, and unilateral renal artery stenosis [4, 7, 8]; bilateral renal artery stenosis has not been reported so far.
However, such an abnormality has been more commonly reported in other neuro-ectodermic diseases, for example, neurofibromatosis type 1, in which renal artery stenosis can be detected in 61.5% of patients .
In our patient, the MRA should have been performed earlier to search for another cause of the secondary hypertension in addition to the mild coarctation of the aorta, since blood pressure was not controlled by medical treatment prior to surgery. Although conventional arteriography could have been more informative than MRA, this might be done later if the situation changes.
As the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system (RAS) is often activated in patients with renal artery stenosis, our patient had been treated with a regimen including ACE inhibitor and beta-blocker. Although RAS inhibition may induce acute renal failure in some patients with bilateral renal artery stenosis or high-grade stenosis in one kidney, the probability of such a complication appeared to be low, and in most cases, it was reversible with discontinuation of treatment .
A percutaneous transluminal angioplasty was not attempted because of known poor results in other neuro-ectodermic diseases such as neurofibromatosis, and also because of bilateral involvement with a risk of thrombosis and further renal damage compared with acceptable control of blood pressure by medical therapy .
The overall therapeutic attitude was made with the motto “primum non nocere” as long as the situation is stable for several years. Advice was gathered from local experts to make the final decision, which was a consensus among nephrologists, vascular surgeons, and radiologists in addition to the approval and support of the parents.
The optimal treatment strategy for renal artery stenosis remains unclear. There are no randomized clinical trials comparing the effects of angioplasty stenting versus medical therapy alone in such patients with vascular dysplasia. In fact this technique had been attempted in a patient with epidermal nevus syndrome and unilateral renal artery stenosis and failed because of the rigidity of the stenotic lesion .
According to the guidelines of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, the DMSA scan is not indicated for our patient in the absence of clinical, biological or radiological signs of renal function impairment or deterioration, although it would have been of great value if it had been done earlier as a baseline for renal function evaluation and follow-up.
In addition to arterial hypertension, the associated diffuse segmental narrowing of the aorta and its branches indicated the association of middle aortic syndrome in this patient, which is a clinical condition generated by segmental narrowing of the descending thoracic and abdominal aorta and their branches, which could be acquired or congenital owing to a developmental anomaly in the fusion and maturation of the paired embryonic dorsal aorta .
Careful screening of renovascular arterial hypertension is strongly recommended in individuals with neuro-ectodermic diseases, especially epidermal nevus syndrome.
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Keywords: Keywords Epidermal nevus syndrome, Hypertension, Aortic stenosis, Renal artery stenosis.
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