title: Recurrent malignant hypertension: a report of two cases and review of the literature.
abstract: Malignant hypertension (MHT) is a rare and life-threatening condition which is defined clinically as severe hypertension accompanied by bilateral retinal haemorrhages and/or hard exudates, with or without papilloedema. If untreated, the prognosis of MHT is poor. With MHT being a relatively rare condition, it would be unusual to see it on more than one occasion in the same patient. We describe in detail two cases from a disease register of 400 cases of MHT seen in one medical centre over 33 years.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Medicine, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Spencer
authors.forename: G Y
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Lip
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Beevers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006974:Hypertension, Malignant / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors