| Autor: |
Ekrikpo, U. E., Effa, E. E., Akpan, E. E. |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2013 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Case Reports in Nephrology. |
| ISSN: |
2090-6641 |
| DOI: |
10.1155/2013/158494 |
| Popis: |
This patient is a 38-year-old housewife who presented with a one-month history of difficulty, in breathing, chest pain and bilateral leg swelling and had a blood pressure of 260/150 mmHg, features of malignant hypertension and hypertensive heart disease. Chest CT scan revealed a chest location of the left kidney. She also had elevated serum urea and creatinine and proteinuria (++). The right kidney was normally located with loss of corticomedullary differentiation. She is on maintenance haemodialysis and is being worked up for possible left nephrectomy. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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