Author/Authors :
conkar, seçil ege university - faculty of medicine - department of pediatric nephrology, Turkey , sözeri, betül ege university - faculty of medicine - department of pediatric nephrology, Turkey , mir, sevgi ege university - faculty of medicine - department of pediatric nephrology, Turkey
Abstract :
Hypertension incidence in adolescent age has been increasing recently. One of the causes of this increase is the increase in obesity incidence. The main cause of hypertension in adolescent age group is primary essential hypertension. However other rare causes of hypertension should be discriminated prior to diagnosing primary essential hypertension. Renal masses are benign or malignant formations that are not commonly seen in childhood. Renal masses are a rare cause of hypertension in childhood. Angiomyolipoma (AML) is one of the rare renal mesenchymal tumors in childhood. AML usually coexists with tuberous sclerosis (TS) and TS cases are clinically in the foreground. Here we present a case of AML case emerging as malignant HT without TS. In adolescence, it sholud be kept in mind that renal AML may cause malignant hypertension.
