Abdominal symptoms as presentation of hypertensive crisis.
OBJECTIVE
To describe a series of patients in hypertensive crisis who presented primarily with abdominal symptoms.


METHODS
Patient reports.


METHODS
Referral center after initial presentation in the general community.


METHODS
Three children, aged 10 months to 4 years, in hypertensive crisis who presented with abdominal symptoms that promptly resolved and did not recur with blood pressure control.


CONCLUSIONS
Blood pressure should be measured in all children undergoing physical examination; particular attention should be paid to the blood pressure of patients with unexplained abdominal symptoms before extensive diagnostic testing is pursued.
Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.
S K
SK
Van Why
I I
II
Boydstun
K M
KM
Gaudio
N J
NJ
Siegel
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D006974:Hypertension, Malignant / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology*