Capsulectomy: A cure for the page kidney

Capsulectomy: a cure for the page kidney.

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...

Non-traumatic Page kidney.

To cite: Ozbek S, Kivrak AS, Erol C, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013009135 DESCRIPTION A 59-year-old male patient with a previous diagnosis of prostate cancer presented to the emergency department with left-sided abdominal pain. Physical examination was unremarkable except for high blood pressure (190/115 mm Hg). There was no history of...

Page kidney in a hemodialyzed patient.

JAMA patient page. Kidney cancer.

Renal vein Cancer of the kidneys, also known as renal cancer, is often curable when detected early. However, some patients may not be diagnosed until the tumor is large or has metastasized (spread to other organs) and becomes difficult to treat. Most kidney cancers are renal cell carcinomas. In children, the most common type of kidney cancer is called Wilms tumor. This Patient Page is based on ...

Bilateral nontraumatic recurrent Page kidney

Page kidney is a rarely seen phenomenon leading to secondary hypertension and encountered most frequently due to traumatic or nontraumatic subcapsular hematoma. Such a compression in kidneys causes hypoperfusion and microangiopathic ischemia and activates renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system leading to hypertension. In this presentation, we report a rare case of bilateral Page kidney presenting...