Abstract
We present an uncommon case of a child with acute abdominal signs, hypertension and pulmonary oedema, following blunt abdominal trauma. The clinical picture was due to rupture of a renal cyst and excess renin secretion from a unilateral, obstructed hydronephrotic kidney. Three months after nephrectomy the patient was normotensive.
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