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Image of the Month—Quiz Case
Brian K. P. Goh, MBBS, MRCS, MMed (Surgery);
Yeh-Hong Tan, MBBS, FRCS;
Jane Tran, MBBS, FRACP;
Sidney K. H. Yip, MBBS, FRCS;
Christopher W. S. Cheng, MBBS, FRCS
Arch Surg. 2007;142(11):1103.
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INTRODUCTION
A 56-year-old woman was referred with a history of poorly controlled hypertension of 5 years associated with hypokalemia, with potassium levels ranging from 2.1 to 3.0 mEq/L (the conversion from milliequivalents per liter to millimoles per liter is 1:1). Despite treatment with 2 mg of prazosin hydrochloride twice daily and 100 mg of atenolol every morning, her blood pressure remained elevated at 150/100 mm Hg. Her potassium levels could only be maintained at 3.5 mEq/L with 1200 mg of potassium replacement per day. Biochemical testing demonstrated a suppressed plasma renin activity of 150 pg/mL per hour (reference range, 660-3080 pg/mL per hour; to convert picograms per milliliter to picomoles per liter, multiply by 0.0237) and an elevated plasma aldosterone concentration of 33.2 . . . [Full Text of this Article]
What Is the Diagnosis?
Author Affiliations: Departments of Surgery (Dr Goh), Urology (Drs Tan, Yip, and Cheng), and Endocrinology (Dr Tran), Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
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