Sonographic diagnosis of mid-aortic syndrome in a 2-year-old patient with hypertension

Shannon D Thomas; Victor C Bourke; Ramon L Varcoe; Kaylea Weaver; Andrew Lennox

doi:10.1002/ajum.12058

Sonographic diagnosis of mid-aortic syndrome in a 2-year-old patient with hypertension

Australas J Ultrasound Med. 2017 Jun 28;20(3):129-131. doi: 10.1002/ajum.12058. eCollection 2017 Aug.

Authors

Shannon D Thomas^{1

2

3}, Victor C Bourke^{1

2

3}, Ramon L Varcoe^{1

2

3

4}, Kaylea Weaver⁴, Andrew Lennox^{1

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Vascular Surgery Prince of Wales Hospital Barker Street Sydney New South Wales 2031 Australia.
² Faculty of Medicine University of New South Wales Randwick Campus NSW 2031 Australia.
³ The Vascular Institute Prince of Wales Hospital Randwick NSW 2031 Australia.
⁴ The Vascular Diagnostic Unit Prince of Wales Hospital Randwick NSW 2031 Australia.

Abstract

Mid-aortic syndrome is a rare cause of hypertension in the paediatric population. We present here the sonographic findings of a 2 year old who presented with hypertension. Mid-aortic syndrome was diagnosed upon finding renal artery and infrarenal aortic stenoses on ultrasound. The clinical entity and interrogation of the paediatric renal and aortic vessels are discussed.

Keywords: hypertension; paediatric; renovascular; vascular.

Publication types

Case Reports