Abdominal symptoms as presentation of hypertensive crisis
S. K. Van Why, I. I. Boydstun, K. M. Gaudio and N. J. Siegel
Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.
OBJECTIVE--To describe a series of patients in hypertensive crisis who
presented primarily with abdominal symptoms. DESIGN--Patient reports.
SETTING--Referral center after initial presentation in the general
community. PARTICIPANTS--Three children, aged 10 months to 4 years, in
hypertensive crisis who presented with abdominal symptoms that promptly
resolved and did not recur with blood pressure control. CONCLUSIONS--Blood
pressure should be measured in all children undergoing physical
examination; particular attention should be paid to the blood pressure of
patients with unexplained abdominal symptoms before extensive diagnostic
testing is pursued.
