title: Deoxycorticosterone producing tumor as a cause of resistant hypertension.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA.
authors.forename: Saurabh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Melendez
authors.forename: Apurv
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khanna