Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation (Jan 2011)

Cystic renal neoplasm causing hypertension in a 2-year-old child

  • Suresh Babu,
  • Rajul Agarwal,
  • Kathiresan Narayansamy,
  • Rejiv Rajendranath,
  • Satheesan Balasubramanian

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 4
pp. 779 – 781

Abstract

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Cystic neoplasms of kidney in pediatric age group include a wide variety of tumors, both of benign and malignant pathology. In a child, renal neoplasms with associated hypertension are rare. Here, we present a 2-year-old child who had a multicystic renal tumor with hypertension. She underwent radical nephrectomy subsequent to which hypertension disappeared. The postoperative pathology revealed multicystic nephroma.