title: A 22-year-old woman with hypertension and hypokalemia due to a juxtaglomerular cell tumor.
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.
authors: Department of Medicine, Nephrology Section, Hasheminejad Clinical Research Development Center, Hasheminejad Kidney Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. ossareh_s@hotmail.com
authors: Shahrzad
authors: S
authors: Ossareh
authors: Tina
authors: T
authors: Shooshtarizadeh
authors: Pejman
authors: P
authors: Shadpour
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001794:Blood Pressure; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D007606:Juxtaglomerular Apparatus; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D011188:Potassium / Q000097:blood*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D011188:Potassium