HYPERTENSION ASSOCIATED WITH RENAL ARTERY ANEURYSM AND RELIEVED BY NEPHRECTOMY
Authors: B H PASTOR, R M MYERSON, G T WOHL, P V ROUSE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1955)

Case Reports1 May 1955HYPERTENSION ASSOCIATED WITH RENAL ARTERY ANEURYSM AND RELIEVED BY NEPHRECTOMYBERNARD H. PASTOR, M.D., RALPH M. MYERSON, M.D., F.A.C.P., GEORGE T. WOHL, M.D., PAUL V. ROUSE, M.D.BERNARD H. PASTOR, M.D., RALPH M. MYERSON, M.D., F.A.C.P., GEORGE T. WOHL, M.D., PAUL V. ROUSE, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-42-5-1122 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONWell documented examples of hypertension produced by unilateral renal lesions are relatively rare. The importance of recognizing such lesions is obvious, since this form of hypertension is curable. The diagnosis depends upon an awareness of the possible role of the avascular kidney in the etiology of hypertension and the investigation of this potential etiologic factor in all hypertensive patients. 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LinkGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: BERNARD H. PASTOR, M.D.; RALPH M. MYERSON, M.D., F.A.C.P.; GEORGE T. WOHL, M.D.; PAUL V. ROUSE, M.D.Affiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Received for publication May 19, 1954.From the Departments of Medicine, Radiology and Surgery, Veterans Administration Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCongenital intrarenal arteriovenous fistulaAneurisma Dell'Arteria RenaleUropoietic SystemRenal Artery Aneurysms: A Report of 16 CasesHYPERTENSION SECONDARY TO ANEURYSM OF THE RENAL ARTERY: REPORT OF A CASE OF LONG DURATION CURED BY NEPHRECTOMY*RICHARD L. KLEIN, M.D., JOHN A. 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