Deoxycorticosterone producing tumor as a cause of resistant hypertension.
We describe a young woman with longstanding resistant hypertension. Evaluation for renal artery stenosis and primary aldosteronism was unrevealing. In this setting of a suppressed plasma aldosterone concentration (PAC) and a suppressed plasma renin activity (PRA), a differential diagnosis of a deoxycorticosterone (DOC) producing tumor was entertained. Biochemical and imaging studies confirmed this diagnosis. Rare and novel DOC producing tumors are an important cause of resistant hypertension.
Gupta
Saurabh
S
University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA.
Melendez
Jose
J
Khanna
Apurv
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