Delayed diagnosis of hypertension due to right renal hypoplasia: a case report

Abstract

<p>Hypertension is an important risk factor which plays a role in cardiovascular and renal morbidity. In this case report, a patient who had consulted to primary, secondary and tertiary health institutes with various complaints until the age of 12 years is presented. One month previously she had developed redness in the eyes, worsening in vision and was headaches and was misdiagnosed as neuroretinitis at a medical faculty. inally the diagnosis of hypertension due to right renal hypoplasia was made in our clinic. The aim of this case report is to emphasize that measuring blood pressure is a part of physical examination to review the algorithm of hypertension diagnosis.</p>

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<p>Sa? renal hipoplaziye ba?l? gecikmi? tan?l? hipertansiyon</p>

<p>Hipertansiyon kardiyovask?ler ve renal morbiditeye katk?da bulunan ?nemli bir risk fakt?r?d?r. Bu ?al??mada oniki ya??na kadar ?e?itli nedenlerle birinci, ikinci ve ???nc? basamak sa?l?k kurulu?lar?na ba?vuran ve bir ay ?nce g?zlerde k?zar?kl?k, g?rme netli?inde azalma ve ba?a?r?s? yak?nmalar? ile gitti?i bir t?p fak?ltesinin g?z klini?inde n?roretinit tan?s? konan sa? renal hipoplaziye ba?l? gecikmi? tan?l? bir hipertansiyon olgusu sunuldu. Sunumun amac?, kan bas?nc? ?l??m?n?n ?ocuklarda rutin fizik muayenenin bir par?as? oldu?unu vurgulamak ve hipertansiyon tan? algoritmas?n? g?zden ge?irmektir.</p>