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ea0011p69 | Clinical case reports | ECE2006

Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT): Still a cause of hypertension resistant to therapy

Baptista AP , Morgado EC , Silva AP , Neves PL

High blood pressure is a common problem among patients in a Nephrology ward and outpatient clinic. However in those patients resistant to therapy, we must exclude a secondary cause. The authors present a case of a patient that was referred to our hospital due to complaints of headache, high blood pressure resistant to therapy (BP=240/130 mmHg), and images in renal ecography, which were compatible with enlarge left adrenal gland and left kidney atrophy. At admission the blood r...