A CASE OF CHRONIC NEPHRITIS IN CHILDHOOD WITH LATER DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE HYPERTENSION; RENAL BIOPSY
Authors: E I MULMED, A H BAGGENSTOSS, H B BURCHELL
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1949)

Case Reports1 May 1949A CASE OF CHRONIC NEPHRITIS IN CHILDHOOD WITH LATER DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE HYPERTENSION; RENAL BIOPSYEARL I. MULMED, M.D., ARCHIE H. BAGGENSTOSS, M.D., HOWARD B. BURCHELL, M.D.EARL I. MULMED, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ARCHIE H. BAGGENSTOSS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HOWARD B. BURCHELL, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-30-5-1033 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptWhen physical examination reveals markedly increased arterial pressure, determination of the rôle of the kidneys in the causation of this symptom often presents a difficult problem.The question may arise as to whether hypertension of the essential type could occur independently in a case in which evidence of past or latent chronic glomerulonephritis is found. Recently we had the opportunity of studying the histologic appearance of the kidneys and of the arterioles of the skeletal muscles in a case in which the clinical picture was that of severe essential hypertension and in which an established history of chronic glomerulonephritis in...Bibliography1. WAGENERKEITH HPNM: Diffuse arteriolar disease with hypertension and the associated retinal lesions, Medicine, 1939, xviii, 317-430. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. JOHNSON G: I. On certain points in the anatomy and pathology of Bright's disease of the kidney. II. On the influence of the minute blood-vessels upon the circulation, Trans. Med.-Chir. Soc. London, 1868, li, 57-76. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. GULLSUTTON WWHG: On the pathology of the morbid state commonly called chronic Bright's disease with contracted kidney ("arterio-capillary fibrosis"), Trans. Med.-Chir. Soc. London, 1872, lv, 273-329. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. GOLDBLATTLYNCHHANZALSUMMERVILLE HJRFWW: Studies on experimental hypertension. I. The production of persistent elevation of systolic blood pressure by means of renal ischemia, Jr. Exper. Med., 1934, lix, 347-379. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. PAGE IH: The production of persistent arterial hypertension by cellophane perinephritis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1939, cxiii, 2046-2048. Google Scholar6. MORITZOLDT ARMR: Arteriolar sclerosis in hypertensive and nonhypertensive individuals, Am. Jr. Path., 1937, xiii, 679-728. Google Scholar7. CASTLEMANSMITHWICK BRH: The relation of vascular disease to the hypertensive state based on a study of renal biopsies from one hundred hypertensive patients, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1943, cxxi, 1256-1261. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. KERNOHANANDERSONKEITH JWEWNM: The arterioles in cases of hypertension, Arch. Int. Med., 1929, xliv, 395-423. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. BELL ET: Renal diseases, 1946, Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, 434 pp. Google Scholar10. DAWSON : Discussion on hyperpiesia, Brit. Med. Jr., 1925, ii, 1161-1163. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication March 24, 1947. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHerz- und Kreislaufstörungen bei InfektionskrankheitenHerz- und Kreislaufstörungen bei Infektionskrankheiten 1 May 1949Volume 30, Issue 5Page: 1033-1042KeywordsArteriolesBiopsyBlood pressureGlomerulonephritisHypertensionKidneysNephritisSkeletal muscles ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1949 PDF downloadLoading ...