Korean J Urol.  1985 Jun;26(3):249-252.

A Case of Renovascular Hypertension in Child

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  • 1Department of Urology, Department of Pediatrics* and Department of Pathology**, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

The hypertension in children is relatively rare disease and renal arterial disease does constitute a relatively more common cause of hypertension in children. Recently, we experienced a case of renovascular hypertension due to left renal artery stenosis in 11-year-old boy, corrected by splenorenal bypass and good result was obtained. Herein we report a reconstructive vascular procedure with some literatures.

Keyword

renovascular hypertension; childhood

MeSH Terms

Child*
Humans
Hypertension
Hypertension, Renovascular*
Male
Rare Diseases
Renal Artery Obstruction
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