Tak SI, Wani ML, Khan KA, Alai MS, Shera AH, Ahangar AG, Khan YB, Nayeem-Ul-Hassan, Irshad I. Reninoma presenting as cardiac syncope.
Ann Pediatr Cardiol 2011;
4:71-3. [PMID:
21677812 PMCID:
PMC3104540 DOI:
10.4103/0974-2069.79630]
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Abstract
Reninoma, a renin-secreting tumor of the juxta-glomerular cells of the kidney, is a rare but surgically treatable cause of secondary hypertension in children. We report a case of reninoma presenting as cardiac syncope with long QTc on electrocardiogram due to hypokalemia.
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