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1/265. Aortic dissection in young patients with chronic hypertension.

    We describe four patients aged 14 to 21 years who developed acute aortic dissection. In three of the four patients, the course was fatal, despite aggressive medical and surgical intervention. All four patients had sustained systemic hypertension related to chronic renal insufficiency. The patients had no other identifiable risk factors for aortic dissection, including congenital cardiovascular disease, advanced atherosclerosis, vasculitis, trauma, pregnancy, or family history of aortic dissection. Although aortic dissection is rare in individuals younger than 40 years of age, young patients with sustained systemic hypertension are at increased risk for this serious and often fatal condition. physicians must be aware of this rare complication of hypertension and consider aortic dissection in the differential diagnosis of unusual chest, abdominal, and back pain in hypertensive children, adolescents, and young adults.
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2/265. A single-stage operation for bicuspid aortic valve, annulo-aortic ectasia, hypoplastic aortic arch, and coarctation of the aorta: A case report.

    The patient was an 18-year-old man who had been diagnosed as having a bicuspid aortic valve and dilatation of the ascending aorta six years previously. As he grew up, aneurysmal change of the ascending aorta and hypertension in the upper body gradually progressed. Preoperative evaluation showed annulo-aortic ectasia and the following congenital abnormalities: bicuspid aortic valve, hypoplastic aortic arch, and coarctation of the aorta. Composite graft replacement and extended total aortic arch replacement were carried out.
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3/265. A case of renal juxtaglomerular cell tumor: usefulness of segmental sampling to prove autonomic secretion of the tumor.

    A 27-year-old female patient had been treated for hypertension with conventional therapy for years, because renal vein renin levels failed to show lateralization in renal venous samplings and a renal juxtaglomerular cell tumor (RJGCT) had gone undiagnosed. Abdominal computed tomography revealed a mass at the middle of the right kidney. The right renal venogram demonstrated distinct segmental veins from the upper pole and from the middle and lower poles in the right kidney. On segmental renin sampling from each renal vein, the plasma renin concentration (PRC) of the segmental veins from the middle and lower poles was higher than that from other sites. We diagnosed RJGCT of the right kidney and performed right-sided nephrectomy. After the resection, the PRC rapidly decreased. Immunohistochemical studies using antihuman renin antibodies revealed positive staining of the tumor cells. It is an important strategy to make a segmental sampling at the site as close as possible to the RJGCT.
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4/265. hypertension and abdominal pain: uncommon presentation after exposure to a pine caterpillar.

    The pine caterpillar Thaumatopoea wilkinsoni is found in pine woods all over israel. Contact with its hair usually results in local reactions. Systemic reactions after contact with caterpillar hairs are known in other caterpillar species, but have been described only once after contact with T. wilkinsoni. We describe a group of adolescents who were exposed to T. wilkinsoni while camping in a pine wood. Three of them were referred to an emergency department. They had severe pruritus, pain and edema at the contact sites, with papular and urticarial rashes. Two of the patients had abdominal pain and one patient had hypertension for several hours. The hypertension resolved spontaneously. CONCLUSION: skin eruptions are the most common manifestations of T. wilkinsoni contact, however, although systemic manifestations are rare, abdominal pain and hypertension may occur.
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5/265. hypertension following minor trauma: a rare presentation of pheochromocytoma.

    The diagnosis of pheochromocytoma (Pheo) can be challenging due to the variety of potential presentations of this infrequent tumor. A 16-year-old boy presented with hypertension and sudden abdominal pain after minor blunt abdominal trauma. Both computer tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) scanning identified a right suprarenal mass, and raised the possibility of a Pheo. This diagnosis was confirmed through urine catecholamine testing and (131)I metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) scanning. An extra-adrenal Pheo was successfully resected. The presentation of Pheos is quite variable, and patients may often be essentially asymptomatic. Pheo should be considered in hypertensive pediatric patients with a history of blunt abdominal trauma.
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6/265. Fatal cerebral reperfusion hemorrhage after carotid stenting.

    BACKGROUND: The hyperperfusion syndrome is a recognized complication of carotid endarterectomy. Reports of cerebral hyperperfusion injury following internal carotid artery (ICA) angioplasty are few, and this complication has never been reported following internal carotid stenting. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 68-year-old normotensive man was referred to our hospital for assessment 5 months after experiencing a left hemispheric ischemic stroke. angiography confirmed 95% stenosis of the left ICA. Left carotid percutaneous transluminal stenting was performed without any initial complications. color Doppler ultrasound of the ICA immediately after stenting revealed an elevated peak systolic velocity of 2.3 m/s, in the absence of significant vessel stenosis or spasm on angiography. Seven hours after the procedure, the patient suddenly deteriorated. CT of the brain revealed extensive intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), and he subsequently died 18 days later. There was no history of headache or seizure activity, and his blood pressure was only mildly elevated at the time of the deterioration. This is the first report of ICH after internal carotid stenting. CONCLUSIONS: ICH may occur as a hyperperfusion phenomenon after internal carotid stenting, in the presence of mild to moderate arterial hypertension, without being heralded by any of the typical symptoms of the hyperperfusion syndrome. patients with increased velocities on color Doppler ultrasound of the ICA after angioplasty should be monitored closely for features of cerebral hyperperfusion injury. Further studies are warranted to determine whether more aggressive treatment of mild to moderate hypertension after carotid stenting would reduce the likelihood of this potentially fatal complication.
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7/265. Simultaneous bilateral thalamic hemorrhage: case report.

    A 60-year-old man presented with an extremely rare case of simultaneous hypertensive bilateral thalamic hemorrhage manifesting as left hemiparesis with headache followed by deterioration in consciousness and tetraparesis. CT scan confirmed the bilateral thalamic hemorrhages 17 hours after onset. magnetic resonance imaging showed the bilateral thalamic lesions had similar signal intensities, consistent with the simultaneous onset, and had no evidence of hemorrhagic reason. Conservative treatment achieved some neurological improvement, but he died of pneumonia six months after onset. The prognosis of a patient with bilateral hemorrhages is worse than would be indicated by the size of the hemorrhages.
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8/265. Primary MALT lymphoma of the kidney.

    A primary mucosa associated lymphoid tissue tumor (MALT) of the kidney in a 50-year-old man who suffered from on therapy resistant high blood pressure over 15 years period is presented. A mass in the right kidney (6x5x3 cm) during routine check up was discovered on ultrasonography and confirmed on CT scan and NMR. The patient was submitted to nephrectomy. A mass involving kidney, pyelon and upper part of the ureter was found. histology showed low grade non-Hodgkin B-cell lymphoma of MALT type. The neoplastic cells were positive for monoclonal antibodies CD20, CD79alpha, surface and cytoplasmic and IgM immunoglobulins and showed light chain restriction (kappa ). After histology was available, a careful staging was performed. The disease was not found anywhere else. It was concluded that the patient belonged to the stage IE of primary kidney MALT lymphoma. gastroscopy showed signs of chronic superficial gastritis. urease test was positive and IgG antibodies against helicobacter pylori in titer 421 were found as well. Except for helicobacter pylori no additional therapy was given.
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9/265. Severe hypertension induced by the long-acting somatostatin analogue sandostatin LAR in a patient with diabetic autonomic neuropathy.

    A 26-yr-old woman with type 1 diabetes and severe symptomatic autonomic neuropathy was treated with the long-acting somatostatin analogue Sandostatin LAR for intractable diarrhea. Her diarrhea had previously been successfully managed with three daily injections of octreotide without adverse consequences. She was given a single dose of Sandostatin LAR and within 2 weeks reported the development of increasingly frequent and severe headaches. Three weeks after the injection, she was admitted to hospital with severe hypertension, which eventually resolved with the administration of antihypertensive agents. No other underlying cause of the hypertension was discovered. Rechallenge of the patient with octreotide resulted in a transient hypertensive episode, which lasted 3 h. Severe hypertension, therefore, seems to be a possible adverse effect of treatment of diabetic diarrhea with somatostatin analogues, which should be used with great caution in subjects with severe autonomic dysfunction.
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10/265. prognosis of children with malignant pheochromocytoma. Report of 2 cases and review of the literature.

    Malignant pheochromocytomas are rare in childhood and the prognosis of children with this tumor is not well known. We present 2 pediatric observations of malignant pelvic pheochromocytoma. Symptoms in both cases were headache and hypertension. The tumor invaded the sacral bone. Angiogram helped to localize the tumor and metastases, and allowed preoperative embolization of the tumor in 1 case. The first child underwent incomplete surgical resection, (131)I-MIBG therapy and radiotherapy, and is still alive 2 years after diagnosis. The second child died from metastatic invasion a few weeks after discovery of the tumor. We reviewed previous reports of children with malignant pheochromocytomas (30 cases). Primary tumor was extraadrenal in 50% of cases. The 3-year survival rate was 73 /- 9% (mean /- SD). Apart from surgical resection, no particular treatment appeared to be more effective than others in reducing mortality.
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