Ekrikpo U E, Effa E E, Akpan E E
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, PMB 1136, Uyo, Nigeria.
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, PMB 1278, Calabar, Nigeria.
Case Rep Nephrol. 2013;2013:158494. doi: 10.1155/2013/158494. Epub 2013 May 2.
This patient is a 38-year-old housewife who presented with a one-month history of difficulty, in breathing, chest pain and bilateral leg swelling and had a blood pressure of 260/150 mmHg, features of malignant hypertension and hypertensive heart disease. Chest CT scan revealed a chest location of the left kidney. She also had elevated serum urea and creatinine and proteinuria (++). The right kidney was normally located with loss of corticomedullary differentiation. She is on maintenance haemodialysis and is being worked up for possible left nephrectomy.
该患者为38岁家庭主妇,出现呼吸困难、胸痛及双侧腿部肿胀1个月,血压为260/150 mmHg,有恶性高血压及高血压性心脏病表现。胸部CT扫描显示左肾位于胸腔。她还存在血清尿素和肌酐升高以及蛋白尿(++)。右肾位置正常,但皮质髓质分界消失。她正在接受维持性血液透析,并正在接受检查以评估是否可行左肾切除术。