Difference between revisions of "Renal segmental hypoplasia"

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==General==
==General==
*Partial renal atrophy.
*Partial renal atrophy.
*May be the cause of [[hypertension]] in a younger individual.<ref name=pmid15647775>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Babin | first1 = J. | last2 = Sackett | first2 = M. | last3 = Delage | first3 = C. | last4 = Lebel | first4 = M. | title = The Ask-Upmark kidney: a curable cause of hypertension in young patients. | journal = J Hum Hypertens | volume = 19 | issue = 4 | pages = 315-6 | month = Apr | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001822 | PMID = 15647775 }}</ref>  
*May be the cause of [[hypertension]]<ref name=pmid1117534>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Fay | first1 = R. | last2 = Winer | first2 = R. | last3 = Cohen | first3 = A. | last4 = Brosman | first4 = SA. | last5 = Bennett | first5 = C. | title = Segmental renal hypoplasia and hypertension. | journal = J Urol | volume = 113 | issue = 4 | pages = 561-4 | month = Apr | year = 1975 | doi =  | PMID = 1117534 }}</ref>  in a younger individual.<ref name=pmid15647775>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Babin | first1 = J. | last2 = Sackett | first2 = M. | last3 = Delage | first3 = C. | last4 = Lebel | first4 = M. | title = The Ask-Upmark kidney: a curable cause of hypertension in young patients. | journal = J Hum Hypertens | volume = 19 | issue = 4 | pages = 315-6 | month = Apr | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001822 | PMID = 15647775 }}</ref>


Etiology:
Etiology:

Latest revision as of 18:41, 19 September 2017

Renal segmental hypoplasia, also known as Ask-Upmark kidney,[1] is rare benign pathology of the kidney that may cause hypertension.[2]

It is also known as segmental renal atrophy.

General

Etiology:

  • Acquired versus congenital.[1]

Gross

  • Focal parenchymal loss.

Microscopic

Features:

  • Fibrosis.
  • Lack of renal parenchyma.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Arant, BS.; Sotelo-Avila, C.; Bernstein, J. (Dec 1979). "Segmental "hypoplasia" of the kidney (Ask-Upmark).". J Pediatr 95 (6): 931-9. PMID 501498.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Babin, J.; Sackett, M.; Delage, C.; Lebel, M. (Apr 2005). "The Ask-Upmark kidney: a curable cause of hypertension in young patients.". J Hum Hypertens 19 (4): 315-6. doi:10.1038/sj.jhh.1001822. PMID 15647775.
  3. Fay, R.; Winer, R.; Cohen, A.; Brosman, SA.; Bennett, C. (Apr 1975). "Segmental renal hypoplasia and hypertension.". J Urol 113 (4): 561-4. PMID 1117534.