Simple Renal Cyst Associated with Hypertension: Report of a Case.
- Author:
Seuk Chool KIM
1
;
Jong Byung YOON
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Busan National University, Busan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
renal cyst;
hypertension
- MeSH:
Adult;
Blood Pressure;
Female;
Humans;
Hypertension*;
Kidney;
Nephrectomy;
Palpation;
Renin
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
1976;17(4):283-285
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A case of simple renal cyst associated with hypertension in a 28 year-old female was reported. Patient was admitted for palpation of mass on the right flank and hypertension. Renal cystograpby revealed a round cyst in the right kidney. Right nephrectomy was performed with the presumption that hypertension was related to renal cyst, but the level of renin in serum was not confirmed. The blood pressure returned to normal on the 2nd postoperative day, and was normal for one year of postoperative course.
