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- Title
An unusual etiology of hypertension in a 5-year-old boy.
- Authors
Menschik, David; Lovvorn, Harold; Hill, Ashley; Kelly, Patrick; Jones, Deborah P.
- Abstract
Ganglioneuromas are rare benign tumors of neural crest origin, arising from ganglia of the sympathetic nervous system and adrenal medulla. These masses are usually detected during the first 2 decades of life and are generally discovered incidentally. We present a 5-year-old boy with sickle β-thalassemia whose hypertension is caused by a perihilar ganglioneuroma encasing the right renal artery and distorting the right renal vein. The tumor was resected and the child's blood pressure subsequently normalized.
- Subjects
HYPERTENSION; ETIOLOGY of diseases; JUVENILE diseases
- Publication
Pediatric Nephrology, 2002, Vol 17, Issue 7, p524
- ISSN
0931-041X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00467-002-0882-6