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A case report of renal calyceal diverticulum with hypertension in children and review of literature.

Yongxiang ZhaoRuimin ZhangYe YunXiangming WuHaowei LiJun WangWei WangChunmei JiaHong-Cheng Song
Published in: BMC pediatrics (2022)
There exists an association between renal calyx diverticulum and hypertension. Therefore, hypertension can be considered a surgical indication for renal calyx diverticulum. Moreover, renal calyceal diverticulum in children can be easily misdiagnosed as a renal cyst. Therefore, it is important to be vigilant to prevent a series of complications, such as postoperative urine leakage, in such cases.
Keyphrases
  • blood pressure
  • young adults