08.02.2017 | Clinical Quiz
A child presenting with severe hypertension and circulatory failure—a diagnostic conundrum: Answers
Erschienen in: Pediatric Nephrology | Ausgabe 11/2017
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The differential diagnostic options we considered:-
Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) [atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), cobalamin deficiency-associated HUS, non-Shiga toxin-infectious HUS, ADAMTS13 deficiency]
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Systemic lupus erythematosus
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Polyarteritis nodosa
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Neuroblastoma/pheochromocytoma
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Tumor lysis syndrome secondary to leukemia
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Sepsis with acute kidney injury (AKI)
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Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
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Hyperthyroidism (adenoma, auto immune)
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Other causes of glomerulonephritis, e.g. C3 glomerulonephritis/post-infectious glomerulonephritis.