Nonsurgical treatment of childhood hypertension: embolization of an intrarenal aneurysm.
Renal artery aneurysms are an unusual cause of renovascular hypertension in children. When present in an intrarenal location, they pose a difficult surgical problem and transcatheter embolization may represent an effective alternative treatment.
D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011859:Radiography; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging