A 22-year-old woman with hypertension and hypokalemia due to a juxtaglomerular cell tumor.

نویسندگان

  • Shahrzad Ossareh
  • Tina Shooshtarizadeh
  • Pejman Shadpour
چکیده

Secondary hypertension is responsible for less than 10% of cases of hypertension. If associated with hypokalemia, it may be due to primary or secondary hyperaldostronism, the latter being rarely caused by renin-secreting tumors. We present a 22-year-old woman with a history of hypertension and repeated hypokalemia, who was finally diagnosed with a small renin-secreting tumor after extensive paraclinical workup and imaging studies.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Iranian journal of kidney diseases

دوره 5 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011