Late Presenting Unilateral Multicystic Dysplastic Kidney with Ipsilateral Pelviureteric Junction Obstruction and Hypertension in an Adolescent: An Incidental Finding
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Division of Early Childhood Development, Neurology & Infectious Diseases, Department of Paediatrics, Redeemer’s Health Village, Redemption City, Ogun State (Nigeria)
Division of Paediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Redeemer’s Health Village, Redemption City, Ogun State (Nigeria)
Division of Neonatology, General Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, Redeemer’s Health Village, Redemption City, Ogun State (Nigeria)
Division of General & Laparoscopic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Redeemer’s Health Village, Redemption City, Ogun State;Department of Surgery, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (Nigeria)
Department of Radiodiagnosis & Interventional Radiology, Redeemer’s Health Village, Redemption City, Ogun State (Nigeria)
Department of Anaesthesia & Critical Care, Redeemer’s Health Village, Redemption City, Ogun State (Nigeria)
Division of Fetomaternal Medicine & Gynae-oncology, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Redeemer’s Health Village, Redemption City, Ogun State (Nigeria)
Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka; Paediatric Nephrology Unit, Department of Paediatrics, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu; Division of Nephrology & Paediatric Critical Care, Department of Paediatrics, Redeemer’s Health Village, Redemption City, Ogun State (Nigeria)
Article Information
DOI: 10.51584/IJRIAS.2025.100900088
Subject Category: Health Science
Volume/Issue: 10/9 | Page No: 890-895
Publication Timeline
Submitted: 2025-09-21
Accepted: 2025-09-28
Published: 2025-10-23
Abstract
15 year old female adolescent who presented on account of recurring abdominal pain of 4 years. Nil preceding history of trauma or fall. Not a known sickle cell disease patient. Nil previous abdominal surgery. Blood pressure at presentation was elevated for age and gender. Investigations revealed a non functioning dysplastic left kidney with hydronephrosis. She subsequently had left nephrectomy. Blood pressure thereafter normalised. She remains clinically stable after 12 months of follow up.
Keywords
Abdominal pain, Hypertension, Multicystic dysplastic kidney
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