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Smyth, A., Collins, C., Thorsteinsdottir, B., Madsen, B., Oliveira, G., Kane, G. and Garovic, V. (2012) Page Kidney: Etiology, Renal Function Outcomes and Risk for Future. The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 14, 216-221.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-7176.2012.00601.x

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• TITLE: Page Kidney: A Case of Acute or Chronic Renal Failure & Refractory HTN Presenting after Renal Biopsy

  AUTHORS: Stephen Meyer, Aswin Nukala, Nikita Maniar, Waldo Herrera

  KEYWORDS: Page Kidney, Acute Renal Failure, Refractory Hypertension

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Nephrology, Vol.5 No.2, June 9, 2015

  ABSTRACT: Page Kidney is a relatively rare cause of Acute Renal Failure (ARF) presenting as accelerated and uncontrolled hypertension secondary direct compression of the renal parenchyma by an extrinsic source. This case report describes a 44-year-old male with advanced acute renal failure requiring hemodialysis, hypertension, and initial suspicion for thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura who developed a case of Page Kidney following retroperitoneal hematoma following a renal biopsy. The patient was medically managed with intravenous nifedipine until blood pressure stabilized after improvement of the hematoma. Usually hematomas are self-resolving, however rarely they can result in the Page phenomenon—extrinsic compression of the affected kidney by the hematoma resulting in a picture that is similar to acute renal failure (ARF). This case highlights the importance of early medical management of blood pressure control after renal compression has been identified.