title: Malignant hypertension secondary to renovascular disease during infancy--an unusual cause of failure to thrive.
abstract: An 11-month-old girl presented with a history of failure to thrive, vomiting, polydipsia, polyuria and visual inattention. She was found to have malignant hypertension due to unilateral renal artery stenosis. This was successfully treated with percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty. Nearly 10 years following this initial presentation, she remains normotensive on no anti-hypertensive medications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Nephrology, Evelina Children’s Hospital, Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Day
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stephens
authors.forename: Susan P A
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Rigden
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Reidy
authors.forename: Manish D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Sinha
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005183:Failure to Thrive / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006974:Hypertension, Malignant / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D007223:Infant; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents