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  • Title: [The most common forms of endocrine-based hypertension].
    Author: Zelinka T, Widimský J.
    Journal: Cas Lek Cesk; 2003; 142(4):197-201. PubMed ID: 12841119.
    Abstract:
    Endocrine (adrenal) hypertension (primary aldosteronism, hypercortisolism and pheochromocytoma) had been considered for a long time as a rare cause of arterial hypertension. However, recent studies have shown a frequent incidence of primary aldosteronism among hypertensive subjects and therefore it is necessary to exclude primary aldosteronism in all subjects with severe hypertension. On the contrary, pheochromocytoma and hypercortisolism may be often overlooked in patients with incidentally found adrenal tumor and thus they can cause unexpected per- and postoperative complications.
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