Hyperaldosteronism due to unilateral adrenal hyperplasia

Authors

  • Liz Kathia Mendoza-Montoya Clínica Médica Cayetano Heredi
  • Elba Giovanna Rodríguez-Lay Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
  • Enrique Antollin Hernández-Obando Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36393/spmi.v31i2.35

Keywords:

hyperaldosteronism, hypertension, hypokalemia, adrenal hyperplasia

Abstract

This is the case of a 56 year-old male patient who attended at endocrinology clinic for the study of resistant hypertension and symptomatic recurrent hypokalemia, who underwent surgery with the presumptive diagnosis of adrenal adenoma but the histopathological study showed an unilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia.

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Published

2019-07-06

Issue

Vol. 31 No. 2 (2018)

Section

Case report

How to Cite

Hyperaldosteronism due to unilateral adrenal hyperplasia. (2019). Revista De La Sociedad Peruana De Medicina Interna, 31(2), 67-69. https://doi.org/10.36393/spmi.v31i2.35

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