Refractory hypertension and anemia in end-stage renal disease: an unusual manifestation of Kimura's disease.

Abstract

Hypertension and anemia are common in uremic patients. This article describes a 35-year-old uremic Taiwanese who was admitted to our hospital with refractory hypertension and refractory anemia following chronic hemodialysis for more than two years. He was diagnosed with Kimura's disease finally. Refractory hypertension and refractory anemia were noted over two years before an enlarged inguinal lymph node was observed. The symptoms lead to the diagnosis of Kimura's disease. Unlike most cases, refractory hypertension and refractory anemia were first noted before the inguinal mass and eosinophilia were presented. The inflammatory parameters increased when the disease was active. Steroid treatment was conducted, and the symptoms including hypertension and anemia promptly decreased. To the authors' knowledge, this case is for first one in which Kimura's disease has induced refractory hypertension and anemia in an ESRD patient and in which these symptoms rapidly subsided following steroid treatment. The activity of Kimura's disease is closely related refractory hypertension, suggesting that inflammation may be involved in refractory hypertension and anemia in a dialytic patient with Kimura's disease.

• Authors: Po-Yaur Hsu, Huan-Yu Yang, Chun-Chie Lin, Ming-Chung Kuo, Chun-Liang Lin, Chiu-Ching Huang
• Journal: Renal failure (Ren Fail) Vol. 25 Issue 3 Pg. 499-507 (May 2003) ISSN: 0886-022X [Print] England
• PMID: 12803515 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Glucocorticoids
• Prednisolone

Topics

• Adult
• Anemia (diagnosis, etiology, therapy)
• Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia (complications, diagnosis, therapy)
• Disease Progression
• Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental (complications, diagnosis, therapy)
• Glucocorticoids (therapeutic use)
• Humans
• Hypertension (diagnosis, etiology, therapy)
• Kidney Failure, Chronic (diagnosis, etiology, therapy)
• Male
• Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory
• Prednisolone (therapeutic use)
• Renal Dialysis
• Taiwan