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A Novel Technique of Rescuing Capsulorhexis Radial Tear-out using a Cystotome
Published on: January 16, 2011
Capsulectomy: a cure for the page kidney
K P Moriarty1, G S Lipkowitz, M J Germain
1Division of Transplant, Tufts University School of Medicine, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, USA.
Abstract:
Hypertension is a known complication after renal trauma. The cause of posttraumatic hypertension can be renal scarring, infarction, hydonephrosis, infection, vascular injury, and parenchymal compression. The authors report on the case of a 16-year-old boy who experienced hypertension after blunt renal trauma. He had a dense fibrous pseudocapsule causing renal parenchymal compression, which lead to hypertension, a Page kidney. Evaluation with computed tomographic (CT) scan, radioisotope renal scan, renal Doppler, and angiogram confirmed the diagnosis. Removal of the renal capsule and the constricting fibrous pseudocapsule was curative.
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