[Unilateral atrophy of the kidney].
We considered and discussed the case histories in comparison with the clinical symptoms and the consequent therapy of 47 urological patients with unilaterally shrunken kidney. In 43% of the patients their main symptom was high blood pressure, 53% of the patients were then clinically proven to suffer from albuminuria. In 34% of the patients there was a case history of nephrolithiasis and in 32% of the patients nephrolithiasis would be clinically proven. In 20 patients nephrectomy was performed. After this procedure all the patients were freed from urinary infections and in 75% of them the high blood pressure could be considerably lowered.
D001284:Atrophy; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000601:surgery; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology*; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000601:surgery; D007677:Kidney Function Tests; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology
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