Hypertension and the vanishing kidney.

Authors :: Ilyas M
Tolaymat A
Source :: Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) [Pediatr Nephrol] 2005 Feb; Vol. 20 (2), pp. 229-31. Date of Electronic Publication: 2004 Dec 04.
Publication Year :: 2005
Abstract: The diagnostic role of retrograde pyelography in children with secondary hypertension has never been discussed in the literature. We report a child with severe hypertension, who apparently has a normal renin level and a solitary kidney by renal sonography and renal scan. Retrograde pyelography was able to identify the scarred renal mass. To our knowledge this is the first report to discuss the role of retrograde pyelography in a child with a solitary kidney and severe hypertension.