ORIGINAL ARTICLE
HYPERTENSION DUE TO RENAL ARTERY ANEURYSM
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Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul, Turkiye
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Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Department of Urology, Istanbul, Turkiye
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Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Department of Nephrology, Istanbul, Turkiye
Online publication date: 2008-10-15
Publication date: 2008-10-15
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Rumeyza Kazancioglu
Nefroloji Klinigi Haseki Egitim ve Arastirma Hastanesi Haseki cad. No 29 34304, Haseki Fatih Istanbul Türkiye
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Eur J Gen Med 2008;5(4):251-253
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ABSTRACT
The most common pathogenetic lesion associated with renovascular hypertension is atherosclerosis. Next in etiologic incidence is arterial fibromuscular hyperplasia. The only other lesion common enough to warrant percentage classification is renal artery aneurysm. Here, we present a case with an aneurysm of the left renal artery following a gunshot wound and its resultant malign hypertension.