PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Telner, A. H.
TI  - Adrenal cortical carcinoma: an unusual cause of hyperaldosteronism
DP  - 1983 Oct 01
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 731--732
VI  - 129
IP  - 7
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/129/7/731.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/129/7/731.full
SO  - CMAJ1983 Oct 01; 129
AB  - Although secondary hyperaldosteronism due to renal vein thrombosis may occur as a result of renal cell carcinoma or adrenal cortical carcinoma, primary hyperaldosteronism is rarely associated with the latter. This paper describes a patient with adrenal cortical carcinoma who presented with the clinical features of primary hyperaldosteronism 1 year after hypertension had been diagnosed; intravenous pyelography had not been done then. Drug therapy was ineffective, and the patient died 10 weeks after presentation.