title: Severe hypertensive sequelae in a child with Seckel syndrome (bird-like dwarfism).
abstract: We report a 19-year-old male with Seckel syndrome (bird-like dwarfism) who presents with malignant hypertension associated with hypertensive nephrosclerosis, dilated cardiomyopathy, and a ruptured cerebral artery aneurysm. Although end-organ injury due to chronic hypertension occurs frequently in adults, no previous reports of renal insufficiency due to hypertension exist in children or adolescents. We speculate that this patient may have been particularly prone to hypertensive end-organ injury due to his extreme short stature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics-Renal Section, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston 77030-2399, USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sorof
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dow-Smith
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D004392:Dwarfism / Q000150:complications*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D009400:Nephrosclerosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology