Positive Captopril Renography Without Renal Artery Stenosis but a Renal Cell Carcinoma

Clin Nucl Med. 2017 Nov;42(11):857-859. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001833.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Captopril*
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Renal / complications
  • Kidney Neoplasms / complications
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / surgery
  • Middle Aged
  • Nephrectomy
  • Nephritis / complications
  • Radioisotope Renography*
  • Renal Artery Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
  • Sensitivity and Specificity

Substances

  • Captopril

Supplementary concepts

  • Hypertensive Nephropathy