Hospital de Pediatría S.A.M.I.C. Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan, City of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Hospital Pedro de Elizalde, City of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Arch Argent Pediatr. 2023 Aug 1;121(4):e202202835. doi: 10.5546/aap.2022-02835.eng. Epub 2023 Mar 2.
Severe arterial hypertension (HTN) in pediatrics is mainly due to secondary causes. Here we describe the case of a 14-year-old female adolescent with severe HTN, metabolic alkalosis, and hypokalemia, secondary to a renin-secreting juxtaglomerular cell tumor diagnosed after 2 years of HTN progression.
儿科严重动脉高血压(HTN)主要是继发于其他原因。在此我们描述了一例 14 岁女性青少年病例,其患有严重 HTN、代谢性碱中毒和低钾血症,继发于 2 年 HTN 进展后诊断出的分泌肾素的肾小球旁细胞肿瘤。