Leiomyosarcoma of the abdominal aorta: A rare cause of renovascular hypertension

Hypertension Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 279-283

  Iguchi, Seitaro ^a   Alchi, Bassam ^a   Asakawa, Katsuaki ^a   Izumi, Daisuke ^a   Kashimura, Takeshi ^a   Ueno, Mitsuhiro ^a   Safar, Farah ^a   Nishi, Shinichi ^a   Narita, Ichiei ^a   Gejyo, Fumitake ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aorta; CT scan; Leiomysarcoma; Renovascular hypertension; Retroperitoneal

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; BENIDIPINE; DOPAMINE; DOXAZOSIN MESYLATE; FUROSEMIDE; HEPARIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NIFEDIPINE; NORADRENALIN; VALSARTAN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTA DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPAMINE URINE LEVEL; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKINESIA; HYPOTENSION; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY INFARCTION; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LOW BACK PAIN; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METASTASIS; NORADRENALIN URINE LEVEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; RENAL ARTERY; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; RETROPERITONEAL CANCER; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; TUMOR THROMBUS;

ADULT; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, RENOVASCULAR; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; NEOPLASM CIRCULATING CELLS; RENAL ARTERY; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34247268635     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.30.279     Document Type: Article

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