KROK 1 2014 – Question 28 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A 41-year-old male patient has a history of recurrent attacks of heartbeats (paroxysms), profuse sweating, headaches. Examination revealed hypertension, hyperglycemia, increased basal metabolic rate, and tachycardia. These clinical presentations are typical for the following adrenal pathology:
- A. Hypofunction of the medulla
- B. Hyperfunction of the adrenal cortex
- C. Hyperfunction of the medulla
- D. Primary aldosteronism
- E. Hypofunction of the adrenal cortex
Hint
Ask which adrenal hormones can explain paroxysms of palpitation, sweating and headache together with hypertension and hyperglycemia.
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