Erythrocytosis and Primary Aldosteronism
Authors: DEAN L. MANN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1967)

Case Studies1 February 1967Erythrocytosis and Primary AldosteronismDEAN L. MANN, M.D., NEIL I. GALLAGHER, M.D., ROBERT M. DONATI, M.D.DEAN L. MANN, M.D., NEIL I. GALLAGHER, M.D., ROBERT M. DONATI, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-66-2-335 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptErythrocytosis as an unusual complication of cancer has been documented in an increasing number of reports. The prevalence and the pathogenesis of this association have recently been reviewed by Lange and Pavlovic-Kentera (1). In selected instances an apparent direct causal relationship between uterine myoma, cerebellar hemangioblastoma, renal carcinoma, renal adenoma, or pheochromocytoma and erythrocytosis has been suggested because of remission of the erythrocytosis after surgical extirpation or radiologic obliteration of the tumor. 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Grand Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. 63106. 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