A ten-year-old boy presents to the pediatric emergency unit with seizures. Blood pressure in the upper extremity measured as 200/140 mm Hg. Femoral pulses were not palpable. The most likely diagnosis amongst the following is:
d. Coarctation of aorta(Ref: Nelson's 20/e p 2205, Ghai 8/e p 431-433)Isolated upper extremity hypertension (200/140mmHg), together with absent/diminished femoral pulses is a characteristic feature of coarctation of aorta.
Takayasu aortoarteritis
Renal parenchymal disease
Grand mal seizures
Coarctation of aorta
C.V.S.