Severe hypertension in infant with unilateral hypoplastic kidney.
Unilateral renal hypoplasia unlike Ask-Upmark kidney (segmental renal hypoplasia) seldom causes hypertension. A case of an infant whose hypertension disappeared after removal of a hypoplastic kidney is reported. The removed kidney revealed no sign of Ask-Upmark lesion.
D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology*; D007223:Infant; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008297:Male