RESUMO
La hipertensión arterial es una enfermedad de alta prevalencia y siempre deben tenerse en cuenta las causas secundarias que pueden originarla, debido a que el tratamiento y el pronóstico difieren entre estas y la hipertensión esencial. Presentamos el primer caso reportado en Argentina de una paciente de 21 años con hipertensión arterial e hipopotasemia, debido a un tumor de células yuxtaglomerulares productor de renina, el cual fue diagnosticado tras siete años de evolución (AU)
Arterial hypertension is a highly prevalent disease and its secondary causes must always be kept in mind because the treatment and prognosis differ between these and essential hypertension. Here we present the first reported case in Argentina of a 21-year-old patient with arterial hypertension and hypokalaemia due to a renin-secreting juxtaglomerular cell tumour, which was diagnosed after seven years of development (AU)
Assuntos
Humanos , Sistema Justaglomerular/patologia , Hipertensão/fisiopatologia , Hipopotassemia/fisiopatologia , Renina , Fatores de Risco , Aldosterona , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X/métodosRESUMO
Arterial hypertension is a highly prevalent disease and its secondary causes must always be kept in mind because the treatment and prognosis differ between these and essential hypertension. Here we present the first reported case in Argentina of a 21-year-old patient with arterial hypertension and hypokalaemia due to a renin-secreting juxtaglomerular cell tumour, which was diagnosed after seven years of development.
