Hipertensión e insuficiencia renal ligadas al complejo de esclerosis tuberosa

Resumen

La hipertensión arterial (HTA) y la insuficiencia renal (IR) están íntimamente ligadas al riesgo vascular. Presentamos el caso de una mujer hipertensa de 53 años, diagnosticada de cólico nefrítico un mes antes, remitida para estudio de HTA mal controlada e IR. Ante la exploración física y las pruebas complementarias se diagnostica de esclerosis tuberosa, enfermedad infrecuente, genética, de gran variabilidad clínica que es capaz de originar HTA e IR.

Abstract

Hypertension and renal failure are very closely related to vascular risk. We present the case of a hypertensive, 53-year-old woman, who had been diagnosed with nephritic spasm one month before being referred to our hospital for study of her ill-controlled hypertension and renal failure. After a physical examination and complementary tests, she was diagnosed with tuberous sclerosis complex,an uncommon genetic disease that is clinically very variable and that can be the cause of hypertension and renal failure.