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Volume 356:2630 June 21, 2007 Number 25
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A Medical Mystery — High Blood Pressure

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A healthy 28-year-old woman presented with a 1-year history of high blood pressure, which had been diagnosed during her first pregnancy and treated with amiloride and hydrochlorothiazide. Physical examination revealed a blood pressure of 200/100 mm Hg. She reported having no chest pain, shortness of breath, or headache. Radiography of the chest was performed. What is the diagnosis?


Editor's note: We invite our readers to submit their answers at www.nejm.org/mystery. We will publish the diagnosis in the Correspondence section of the August 16, 2007, issue and e-mail it to everyone who submits an answer. All answers must be received . . . [Full Text of this Article]

 

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A Medical Mystery: High Blood Pressure — The Answer
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N Engl J Med 2007; 357:717-718, Aug 16, 2007. Correspondence

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