Deoxycorticosterone Producing Tumor as a Cause of Resistant Hypertension

الملخص EN

We describe a young woman with longstanding resistant hypertension.

Evaluation for renal artery stenosis and primary aldosteronism was unrevealing.

In this setting of a suppressed plasma aldosterone concentration (PAC) and a suppressed plasma renin activity (PRA), a differential diagnosis of a deoxycorticosterone (DOC) producing tumor was entertained.

Biochemical and imaging studies confirmed this diagnosis.

Rare and novel DOC producing tumors are an important cause of resistant hypertension.