de Vries A, Ashtiani N, Ahmadi N, Bakx R, de Vaate AWB, Bökenkamp A. Intussusception presenting with malignant hypertension and lethargy.
Case Rep Nephrol Urol 2013;
3:105-9. [PMID:
23914204 PMCID:
PMC3731624 DOI:
10.1159/000353849]
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Abstract
The most common cause of malignant hypertension in children is renal or renovascular pathology. The combination with lethargy suggests a diagnosis of hypertensive crisis with hypertensive encephalopathy. Here, we present a case of severe hypertension with lethargy as the sole presenting symptoms of ileocecal intussusception. Both normalized following surgical repositioning. We conclude that malignant hypertension and lethargy can be presenting symptoms of intussusception.
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