UNILATERAL RENAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATED WITH HYPERTENSION

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Case Reports1 August 1941UNILATERAL RENAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATED WITH HYPERTENSIONG. GILL RICHARDS, M.D., F.A.C.P.G. GILL RICHARDS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-15-2-324 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptBecause Goldblatt1 could, by removing the ischemic kidney in his experimental hypertensive dogs, cause a fall of blood pressure to normal, the possible clinical application of his results to cases of essential hypertension in man aroused considerable interest, particularly among internists and urologists. The following report deals with a case of unilateral renal tuberculosis with hypertension and the satisfactory result which has continued for 11 months after nephrectomy.CASE REPORTL. P., a married white male, aged 37 years, was admitted to the Latter-Day Saints Hospital on January 10, 1940, complaining of occipital headaches of extreme degree, fatigue, shortness of...Bibliography1. GOLDBLATT H: Studies on experimental hypertension due to renal ischemia, ANN. INT. MED., 1937, xi, 69-103. LinkGoogle Scholar2. BUTLER AM: Chronic pyelonephritis and arterial hypertension, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1937, xvi, 889-897. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. BARNEYSUBY JDHI: Unilateral renal disease with arterial hypertension, New England Jr. Med., 1939, ccxx, 744-746. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. CRABTREE EG: Hypertension in destructive infected unilateral lesions of the kidney, Trans. Am. Assoc. Genito-Urin. Surgeons, 1938, xxxi, 299-319. Google Scholar5. LEADBETTERBURLAND WFCE: Hypertension in unilateral renal disease, Jr. Urol., 1938, xxxix, 611-626. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. BOYDLEWIS CHLG: Nephrectomy for arterial hypertension, Jr. Urol., 1938, xxxix, 627-635. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. BARKERWALTERS NWW: Hypertension and chronic pyelonephritis: results of nephrectomy, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1940, cxv, 912-916. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. FITZ R: Hypertension, Mississippi Doctor, 1940, xvii, 531-541. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Salt Lake City, Utah*Received for publication December 27, 1940. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAtypical causes of curable renovascular hypertension: A reviewRenal hypertension secondary to renal tuberculosisAmelioration of Asthma and Hypertension after Nephrectomy for Renal TuberculosisUnilateral Nephrectomy in Hypertensive DiseaseHypertension in Unilateral Renal Disease 1 August 1941Volume 15, Issue 2Page: 324-328KeywordsBlood pressureFallsFatigueHypertensionKidneysNephrectomy ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1941 PDF downloadLoading ...