Open AccessReninoma presenting as cardiac syncope
Author(s) -
Shahid Iqbal Tak,
Mohd Lateef Wani,
Kafeel Khan,
Mohd Sultan Alai,
Tahleel Altaf Shera,
Abdul Gani Ahangar,
Yasir Bashir Khan,
Nayeem-Ul-Hassan,
Ifat Irshad
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2069.79630
Subject(s) - medicine , syncope (phonology) , hypokalemia , cardiology , qt interval , long qt syndrome , secondary hypertension , blood pressure
Reninoma, a renin-secreting tumor of the juxta-glomerular cells of the kidney, is a rare but surgically treatable cause of secondary hypertension in children. We report a case of reninoma presenting as cardiac syncope with long QTc on electrocardiogram due to hypokalemia.