Renal artery stenosis and a functioning hilar paraganglioma: a rare cause of renovascular hypertension--a case report.
Surgically correctable causes of hypertension are uncommon. Simultaneous occurrence of 2 such causes in the same individual is extremely rare. The authors describe a 25-year-old woman with congenital erythrocytosis, renal artery stenosis, and a paraganglioma. The possible mechanisms of renal artery stenosis in the presence of a catecholamine-secreting tumor are discussed.
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Department of General Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000209:etiology*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed