Ask-Upmark Kidney, Imaging Features

Iran J Kidney Dis. 2019 Nov;13(6):362-371.

Abstract

Renovascular hypertension is known to occur due to varied causes. Absence of Renal artery stenosis or changes in renal vascular flow make it tough to establish a diagnosis of renovascular hypertension in the absence of invasive investigations. Segmental renal hypoplasia is not only a rare cause for renin mediated hypertension but also requires expertise and high index of suspicion while evaluating children with hypertension. We describe the classical imaging findings of a child with secondary hypertension which was due to hypoplasia of a renal segment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Congenital Abnormalities / diagnostic imaging
  • Congenital Abnormalities / pathology
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Renovascular / diagnostic imaging
  • Hypertension, Renovascular / etiology*
  • Kidney / abnormalities*
  • Kidney / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney / pathology
  • Kidney Function Tests
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed