Pseudohypertension masquerading as malignant hypertension. Case report and review of the literature.
An elderly man with chronic renal failure and radiologic evidence of vascular calcification was found to have severe pseudohypertension mimicking hypertensive crisis. Pathologic examination of his artery revealed severe medical calcification. The syndrome of pseudohypertension is reviewed.
Littenberg
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Department of Medicine, Hartford Hospital, Connecticut.
Wolfberg
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D000368:Aged; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006974:Hypertension, Malignant / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications*