title: Severe hypertension due to renal polar artery stenosis in an adolescent treated with coil embolization.
abstract: A 12-year-old boy presented with severe arterial hypertension due to a severe subsegmental renal artery stenosis. Treatment consisted of selective embolization of the stenosed polar artery, which resulted in near normalization of the arterial pressures. Renal artery stenosis should always be considered, even in young adolescents, as a cause for arterial hypertension. Only selective angiography was able to demonstrate the subsegmental artery stenosis in this patient.
authors: Department of Paediatrics, Chronic Diseases and Hypertension, Koningin Paola Kinderziekenhuis, Antwerp, 2020, Belgium. martine.docx@zna.be
authors: Martine K
authors: MK
authors: Docx
authors: Philippe
authors: P
authors: Vandenberghe
authors: Geert
authors: G
authors: Maleux
authors: Marc
authors: M
authors: Gewillig
authors: Luc
authors: L
authors: Mertens
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome