Accelerated hypertension caused by severe phimosis.
A 16 year old boy presented with accelerated hypertension and urinary tract obstruction caused by phimosis. Relief of the obstruction by circumcision reversed the hypertension. We believe that accelerated hypertension secondary to phimosis has not previously been described.
Robinson
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Sir George E. Clark Metabolic Unit, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
Johnston
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Atkinson
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D000293:Adolescent; D001262:Atenolol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001794:Blood Pressure; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010688:Phimosis / Q000150:complications*; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000150:complications
D001262:Atenolol; D009543:Nifedipine