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Severe hypertension due to renal polar artery stenosis in an adolescent treated with coil embolization

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A 12-year-old boy presented with severe arterial hypertension due to a severe subsegmental renal artery stenosis. Treatment consisted of selective embolization of the stenosed polar artery, which resulted in near normalization of the arterial pressures. Renal artery stenosis should always be considered, even in young adolescents, as a cause for arterial hypertension. Only selective angiography was able to demonstrate the subsegmental artery stenosis in this patient.

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  1. Department of Paediatrics, Chronic Diseases and Hypertension, Koningin Paola Kinderziekenhuis, Lindendreef 1, Antwerp, 2020, Belgium

    Martine K. Docx

  2. Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Koningin Paola Kinderziekenhuis, Antwerp, Belgium

    Philippe Vandenberghe

  3. Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Geert Maleux

  4. Department of Paediatric Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Marc Gewillig

  5. Paediatric Cardiology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

    Luc Mertens

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Docx, M.K., Vandenberghe, P., Maleux, G. et al. Severe hypertension due to renal polar artery stenosis in an adolescent treated with coil embolization. Pediatr Radiol 39, 1234–1237 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-009-1356-9

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