Author(s): Andre Manov, Amanpreet Kaur, Ashan Hatharasinghe
Primary hyperaldosteronism is one of the underdiagnosed causes of hypertension. The studies showed an incidence around 11% of patients with newly diagnosed HTN.The sporadic causes of primary hyperaldosteronism are the most common cause of the disease -bilateral hyperplasia of both adrenal glands is the cause in 60-70% of the sporadic cases of the disease and the unilateral aldosterone producing adenomas is accounting for 30-40% of the sporadic causes of the disease. Much less common cause of sporadic primary hyperaldosteronism are the adrenal carcinomas producing aldosterone or unilateral adrenal hyperplasia.
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