title: [Ask-Upmark kidney: description of a case and review of the literature].
abstract: We present a 15-year-old male patient diagnosed histopathologically as suffering from Ask-Upmark kidney, in the absence of vesicoureteral reflux and with hypertension. The first clinical manifestation was completely atypical: right loin pain, with so many agudisation treated at our emergency serve that justified a thorough study. The pathogenesis of the Ask-Upmark kidney is still unknown; some authors defend the congenital malformation hypothesis, as it was first described in 1929, but there are groups who support the Ask-Upmark kidney as a form of reflux nephropathy. After our description we present a review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología del Hospital Universitari de la Vall d'Hebrón, Barcelona.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sotelo Burillo
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Calvo Mateos
authors.forename: C X
authors.initials: CX
authors.lastname: Raventós Busquets
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martínez Cuenca
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Peña González
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Encarnación
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Montesinos
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: de Torres Mateo
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: de Torres
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male