PEDIATRICS Vol. 53 No. 3 March 1974, pp. 417-420
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Visceral Neurofibromatosis and Hypertension in Childhood

R. L. Klecker M.D.1 and J. B. Roth M.D.1

1 Departments of Radiology and Pediatrics, Ohio State University, and Columbus Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Columbus, Ohio

Neurofibromatosis is a rare cause of hypertension, particularly in children. Our hypertensive patient was shown to have gross alteration in both renal arteries and a complete block of the superior mesenteric artery. By-pass arterial graft of the right renal artery restored his blood pressure to normal levels.

Submitted on May 29, 1973
Accepted on September 24, 1973




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