title: Curable hypertension.
abstract: Hypertension due to a reninoma (suspected on the basis of biochemical and clinical features, and exquisite sensitivity of hypertension to angiotensin-converting enzyme [ACE] inhibition, but not visible on imaging) was cured by laparoscopic nephrectomy. Treatment was followed by an uneventful pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Renal Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW, Australia. eileeng@med.usyd.edu.au
authors.forename: E D M
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Gallery
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McGinn
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fung
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Mahony
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011247:Pregnancy