UNCOMPLICATED, SOLITARY, SEROUS RENAL CYST WITH HYPERTENSION RELIEVED BY NEPHROCYSTECTOMY
Authors: Alexander E. Pearce, John O. Bower, John C. Burns
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1944)

Case Reports1 June 1944UNCOMPLICATED, SOLITARY, SEROUS RENAL CYST WITH HYPERTENSION RELIEVED BY NEPHROCYSTECTOMYALEXANDER E. PEARCE, JOHN O. BOWER, M.D., F.A.C.S., JOHN C. BURNS, M.D., F.A.C.S.ALEXANDER E. PEARCESearch for more papers by this author, JOHN O. BOWER, M.D., F.A.C.S.Search for more papers by this author, JOHN C. BURNS, M.D., F.A.C.S.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-20-6-994 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe investigative impetus, from the brilliant researches by Goldblatt and his associates and others1, 2, 3 on the establishment of elevated blood pressure by interference with the renal blood supply of animals and by various operative procedures on the kidneys and ureters of animals, has produced, in the past two years, a large clinical literature on the renal basis for hypertension.4, 5, 6, 24Experimentally, removal of the diseased kidney has abolished the hypertension.2, 7This has been observed in man after nephrectomy.4, 5That the fall in blood pressure in long standing renal disease may not reach normal, after...Bibliography1. GOLDBLATT H: Experimental hypertension induced by renal ischemia. 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