Remission of hypertension after treatment of giant simple renal cyst: a case report

Renal cysts are common in old patients, and usually remain untreated. Giant renal cysts measuring more than 15 cm in greatest diameter are uncommon and the association with hypertension is very rare. We present a case of a 25-year-old woman with a giant right renal cyst associated with hypertension...

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Autores principales: Ahallal, Youness, Khallouk, Abdelhak, Tazi, Mohammed Fadl, Tazi, Elmehdi, Elfassi, Mohammed Jamal, Farih, Moulay Hassan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2803949/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20062669
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-9152
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Sumario:Renal cysts are common in old patients, and usually remain untreated. Giant renal cysts measuring more than 15 cm in greatest diameter are uncommon and the association with hypertension is very rare. We present a case of a 25-year-old woman with a giant right renal cyst associated with hypertension that was treated by laparoscopic excision, followed by resolution hypertension.

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