Reninoma presenting as cardiac syncope

Reninoma presenting as cardiac syncope

Reninoma, a renin-secreting tumor of the juxta-glomerular cells of the kidney, is a rare but surgically treatable cause of secondary hypertension in children. We report a case of reninoma presenting as cardiac syncope with long QTc on electrocardiogram due to hypokalemia.

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of pediatric cardiology 2011-01, Vol.4 (1), p.71-73
Hauptverfasser: Tak, Shahid I, Wani, Mohd Lateef, Khan, Khursheed A, Alai, Mohd Sultan, Shera, Altaf Hussain, Ahangar, Abdul G, Khan, Yasir Bashir, Nayeem-Ul-Hassan, Irshad, Ifat
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Sprache:eng
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Care and treatment
Case Report
Case studies
Diagnosis
Electrocardiogram
Electrocardiography
Health aspects
Hypertension
Hypokalemia
Kidney cancer
Medical imaging
Patient outcomes
Postoperative period
reninoma
Risk factors
secondary hypertension
Tomography
Tumors
Veins & arteries
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Zusammenfassung:Reninoma, a renin-secreting tumor of the juxta-glomerular cells of the kidney, is a rare but surgically treatable cause of secondary hypertension in children. We report a case of reninoma presenting as cardiac syncope with long QTc on electrocardiogram due to hypokalemia.
ISSN:0974-2069
0974-5149
DOI:10.4103/0974-2069.79630