Emmanuel L. Bravo, MD

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Unusual Manifestation of an Aldosterone-Producing Adenoma

Jihad Kaouk, MD

February 29, 2012

Primary aldosteronism was first described by Jerome Conn in 1955 in a patient with an aldosterone-producing adrenal adenoma. It’s now a widely recognized cause of secondary hypertension.

Figure 1. CT scan showing left adrenal adenoma

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Resistant Hypertension Secondary to Primary Aldosteronism

Emmanuel L. Bravo, MD

Robert Stein, MD

Jiwan K. Thapa, MD

George Thomas, MD

February 29, 2012

A 43-year-old man was evaluated for uncontrolled hypertension (HTN) despite multiple drug therapy, which included amlodipine 10 mg daily, clonidine 0.3 mg BID, and metoprolol XL 200 mg BID.

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