Renal segmental hypoplasia
- Renal segmental hypoplasia
In nephrology, renal segmental hypoplasia, also Ask-Upmark kidney, is a kidney with a partially developed or atrophic renal cortex. [cite journal |author=Sugimoto T, Tanaka Y, Nitta N, Uzu T, Nishio Y, Kashiwagi A |title=Renal segmental hypoplasia, Ask-Upmark kidney, in a patient with adult-onset hypertension |journal=Intern. Med. |volume=45 |issue=19 |pages=1101–2 |year=2006 |pmid=17077574 |doi= [http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/internalmedicine/45/19/1101/_pdf Free Full Text] .]
Etiology
It is thought to be congential or the consequence of vesicoureteral reflux.[cite journal |author=Babin J, Sackett M, Delage C, Lebel M |title=The Ask-Upmark kidney: a curable cause of hypertension in young patients |journal=Journal of human hypertension |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=315–6 |year=2005 |pmid=15647775 |doi=10.1038/sj.jhh.1001822] ]ignificance
Ask-Upmark kidneys are a cause of secondary hypertension that can be curable.ee also
*Hypertension
References
External links
* [http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/268.html Ask-Upmark kidney] - whonamedit.com
* [http://www.nature.com/jhh/journal/v19/n4/fig_tab/1001822f1.html Gross image of Ask-Upmark kidney] - nature.com
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