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Case Reports
. 2007 Jul;92(4):F301-4.
doi: 10.1136/adc.2006.104919. Epub 2006 Sep 21.

Renovascular hypertension commencing during fetal life

Shivaram Hegde  1 , Christopher Wright, Mohan Shenoy, Nadeem E Moghal, Malcolm G Coulthard
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Case Reports

Renovascular hypertension commencing during fetal life

Shivaram Hegde et al. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2007 Jul.

Abstract

We report three infants with severe, early hypertension due to unilateral renovascular disease, whose cardiovascular changes, or polycythaemia, or both, indicated they had been affected as fetuses. All underwent unilateral nephrectomy, and had a similar histology, with patchy areas having relatively normal glomeruli but immature proximal tubules. This pattern may be a marker for renovascular disease in fetal life.

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