The parapelvic renal cyst. A rare aetiology of blood hypertension in children.
Parapelvic renal cysts are uncommon in children. We report a case occurring in a 2-year-old girl, diagnosed during follow-up for blood hypertension. The cyst measured 8 cm in length. There was associated hydronephrosis, due to obstruction of the renal pelvis. Surgical resection was performed. Normotension returned within 3 months, and the obstruction disappeared. A renovascular mechanism can be evoked to explain hypertension.
Dobremez
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Department of Paediatric Surgery, Hôpital Pellegrin-Enfants, Bordeaux, France. Eric.Dobremez@wanadoo.fr
Llanas
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Harper
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Bondonny
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000209:etiology*; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007682:Kidney Pelvis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography