Positive Captopril Renography Without Renal Artery Stenosis but a Renal Cell Carcinoma. (November 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hsieh, Ping-Ju; Kuo, Yen-Shu; Chen, Meng-Lin; Lin, Ching-Ling; Su, Hung-Yi
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 42:Number 11(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-11
• Subjects: captopril renography -- chromophobe renal cell carcinoma; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001833
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: A positive captopril renography indicates that patient's hypertension is renin dependent, most commonly caused by renal artery stenosis. The authors reported a case of positive captopril renography; however, CT demonstrated that renal arteries were intact, but there was a huge chromophobe renal cell carcinoma. Renin-dependent hypertension was relieved soon after nephrectomy. It is an uncommon cause of positive captopril renography.