Looking beyond the obvious--a young woman with septic abortion and acute renal failure. |
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| Authors: | Zulfikar Jabbar Vivekanand Jha Harinder Kumar Bali Harbir Singh Kohli Krishan Lal Gupta Vinay Sakhuja |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Nephrology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India 160012. |
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| Abstract: | | Introduction | Renal artery stenosis (RAS) is a well-recognized cause of secondaryhypertension. Acute renal failure and recurrent flash pulmonaryoedema are some of its less frequent presenting features. Ahigh index of suspicion is necessary to make this diagnosis,as the treatment is distinct from other causes. We report ayoung female who presented with severe hypertension and renalfailure following abortion, that was diagnosed as being dueto RAS. Successful revascularization led to resolution of allfeatures. The case highlights the need to consider RAS, a reversiblecause of severe hypertension and renal dysfunction in an appropriateclinical setting. Case report | A 30-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital for managementof post-abortal acute renal failure. She had been well until6 years previously, when she started having recurrent headachesand was detected to have hypertension. She was not
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| Keywords: | acute renal failure fibromuscular dysplasia percutaneous angioplasty renovascular hypertension |
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