Curable hypertension.
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.
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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