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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2020; 41(02): 273-274
DOI: 10.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_159_18
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Malignant Hypertension Secondary to Renin-Producing Hepatoblastoma

Doinita Sfrijan
Department of Oncology, Pediatrics Clinic, “Marie Sklodowska Curie” Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children, Bucharest, Romania
,
Cristian Scurtu
Department of Oncology, Pediatrics Clinic, “Marie Sklodowska Curie” Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children, Bucharest, Romania
,
Mihaela Paca
Department of Oncology, Pediatrics Clinic, “Marie Sklodowska Curie” Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children, Bucharest, Romania
,
Dan-Alexandru Iozsa
Pediatic Surgery Clinic, “Marie Sklodowska Curie” Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children, Bucharest, Romania
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Abstract

Clinical presentation of hepatoblastoma is often insidious and its paraneoplastic manifestations are not uncommon. We report an extremely rare case of a renin-secreting hepatoblastoma inducing malignant hypertension remarked in our clinic. The hepatic malignancy classified as PRETEXT IV and a multidisciplinary approach according to SIOPEL III was made with a poor outcome. Hepatoblastoma in children should be considered as possible etiology of hypertension in children.

Keywords

Hepatoblastoma - hypertension - paraneoplastic


Publication History

Received: 17 July 2018

Accepted: 18 October 2018

Article published online:
23 May 2021

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