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Hypertension and facial palsy in middle aortic syndrome
V E Lewisa, D S Peatb, E J Tizarda
a Children's Renal
Unit, Royal Hospital for Children, Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol BS2
8BJ, UK, b Department of Histopathology, Southmead Hospital
Correspondence to: Dr Lewis vaughan_lewis{at}hotmail.com
Accepted 23 May 2001
A female infant presented with facial palsy and was found to be
severely hypertensive. Plasma renin activity was raised and an
angiogram showed middle aortic syndrome. This condition is of unknown
aetiology, but positive antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies may
indicate a vasculitis which heals by intimal fibrosis, causing the
observed findings.
Keywords: hypertension; facial palsy; middle aortic syndrome
© 2001 by Archives of Disease in Childhood
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