Une cause inhabituelle d’hypertension artérielle
| Autor: | S. El Aoud, I. Ben Ahmed, E. Chelbi, Haifa Tounsi, B. Ben Ammou, I. Chaabene, Raja Amri, W. Garbouj, K. Bouzaidi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Secondary hypertension 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology medicine.disease Hypokalemia Metastasis 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cholestasis Biopsy Ascites medicine Adrenocortical carcinoma Endocrine system medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Annales de Cardiologie et d'Angéiologie. 68:56-60 |
| ISSN: | 0003-3928 |
| Popis: | Secondary hypertension is relatively rare. Its etiologies are essentially renal or endocrine. The adrenocortical carcinoma, a rare malignant tumor, is one of the most exceptional causes of hypertension. We report the case of a young woman presenting with hypertension and ascites of great abundance. She had hypokalemia, hepatic cytolysis and cholestasis. Thoracic, abdominal and pelvic CT scans showed adrenal mass, liver and lung nodules, osteolytic lesions of the sacrum. The biopsy of liver nodules confirmed the diagnosis of a metastatic malignant adrenocortical carcinoma. The hormonal investigations revealed cortisol and testosterone hypersecretion. The evolution was quickly fatal, the patient passed out a few days after her hospitalization. |
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