Adrenocortical carcinoma initially presenting with hypokalemia and hypertension mimicking hyperaldosteronism: a case report

BACKGROUND: Adrenocortical carcinoma is a rare malignancy and rare cause of Cushing’s syndrome. CASE PRESENTATION: A 65-year-old seemingly well male patient was referred to our clinic under the suspicion of hyperaldosteronism due to hypertension combined with hypokalemia. However, his serum aldoster...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Huang, Chun-Jui, Wang, Ti-Hao, Lo, Yuan-Hao, Hou, Kuan-Ting, Won, Justin Ging-Shing, Jap, Tjin-Shing, Kuo, Chin-Sung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3852253/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24103295
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-6-405

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3852253/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24103295
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-6-405

Ejemplares similares