A 26-year-old female diabetic patient developed hypertensive encephalopathy with gross neurological abnormalities complicating renal artery stenosis of her transplant kidney. The elevated blood pressure was unresponsive to medical treatment. Surgical correction of the stenoses in the renal artery cured the hypertension and renal failure and led to the patient's complete recovery.

210 of CCA and/or ECA dissection. Thus, we estimate the prevalence of this type of dissection to be less than 1% of all cervical artery dissections. The reasons for the low frequency might be a different ultrastructure of the vessel wall in the CCA and ECA, but underdiagnosis due to a lack of attention regarding dissection of the ECA is also possible because dissection occurs without severe con...

A 27 year old primigravida, was referred to the University Hospital after having three episodes of fits at home and seven further episodes at a District Hospital. She was then 33 weeks pregnant with previous antenatal care in an estate clinic. There was no known episode of raised blood pressure, epilepsy or head injury prior to admission. Examination revealed a drowsy patient who was restless. ...