Renal artery stenosis associated with Crohn disease

Although extraintestinal complications involving skin, joints, eyes and liver are common in children with inflammatory bowel disease, hypertension is rare. We report data from a 16-year-old boy with renovascular hypertension and Crohn disease. To our knowledge, a patient with renal artery stenosis a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, West) West), 2001-04, Vol.16 (4), p.371-373
Hauptverfasser:	KUZMIC, Andrea Cvitkovic, KOLACEK, Sanja, BRKLJACIC, Boris, HUZJAK, Nevenka
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Angiography Biological and medical sciences Crohn Disease - complications Humans Hypertension, Renovascular - etiology Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects) Male Medical sciences Renal Artery Obstruction - complications Renal Artery Obstruction - diagnostic imaging Renal Artery Obstruction - etiology Ultrasonic investigative techniques Ultrasonography Urinary system
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Zusammenfassung:	Although extraintestinal complications involving skin, joints, eyes and liver are common in children with inflammatory bowel disease, hypertension is rare. We report data from a 16-year-old boy with renovascular hypertension and Crohn disease. To our knowledge, a patient with renal artery stenosis associated with Crohn disease has not been previously reported. Possible causes of renal vascular lesion in Crohn disease are discussed.
ISSN:	0931-041X 1432-198X
DOI:	10.1007/s004670000548