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nadiabarati

05/09/07 - 05:57 AM

if D! how do you explain irregular contour of left kidney?!

Adam
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05/09/07 - 06:14 AM

I go with D also, I thought first about F, but i guess the low K+ goes with renovascular HTN.

I know that in Renal artery stenosis, the affecetd kidney will appear smaller than the intact one.. Correct me if i'm wrong ..

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05/09/07 - 10:00 AM

nadiabarati wrote:
if D! how do you explain irregular contour of left kidney?!

sclerosis...
(D)

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05/11/07 - 11:14 AM

D makes sense.
However, renin-aldosterone system will be activated in renal artery stenosis and will cause 2ary hypokalemia, which is absent in this patient. So I am a little bit insecure.

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05/14/07 - 10:52 AM

Secondary renin-aldosterone activation induced hypokalemia is a slight hypokalemia, so 3.4 makes sense. Go for D.

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