KROK 1 2016 – Question 46 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A 41-year-old man 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 of the following adrenal pathology:
- A. Hypofunction of the adrenal cortex
- B. Primary aldosteronism
- C. Hypofunction of the medulla
- D. Hyperfunction of the adrenal cortex
- E. Hyperfunction of the medulla
Hint
Ask which adrenal secretion could explain paroxysms of palpitations and sweating together with hypertension, hyperglycemia and a raised metabolic rate.
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