Author/Authors :
Ossareh, Shahrzad tehran university of medical sciences tums - Hasheminejad Clinical Research Development Center, Hasheminejad Kidney Center - Department of Medicine,Nephrology Section, تهران, ايران , Shooshtarizadeh, Tina tehran university of medical sciences tums - Hasheminejad Clinical Research Development Center,Hasheminejad Kidney Center - Department of Pathology, تهران, ايران , Shadpour, Pejman tehran university of medical sciences tums - Hasheminejad Clinical Research Development Center,Hasheminejad Kidney Center - Department of Urology, تهران, ايران
Abstract :
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.
Keywords :
secondary hypertension , hypokalemia , renin secretion , kidney neoplasms
