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  • Title: [Hypoplasia of abdominal aorta, rare cause of hypertension in childhood].
    Author: Durand I, Blaysat G, David N, Lacombe M, Tron P.
    Journal: Arch Pediatr; 1995 Dec; 2(12):1173-6. PubMed ID: 8547997.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: The majority of children with secondary hypertension have a renal abnormality or renovascular lesions. Coarctation of the aorta is also a classical cause, rarely located to the abdominal aorta. CASE REPORTS: Two girls, 11 and 12 years-old, were suspected of having recent sustained hypertension. Pulsed-wave doppler ultrasonography and angiography showed abdominal aortic hypoplasia associated with renal artery stenosis, unilateral in one patient and bilateral in the other. Both patients became normotensive 10 and 18 months, respectively, after corrective vascular surgery. CONCLUSION: Examination of the abdominal part of the aorta is mandatory in all patients with hypertension.
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