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  Vol. 244 No. 12, September 19, 1980 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Hyperaldosteronism, hyperparathyroidism, medullary sponge kidneys, and hypertension

D. E. Hellman, M. Kartchner, N. Komar, D. Mayes and M. Pitt

Hyperparathyroidism and hyperaldosteronism coexisted in association with medullary sponge kidneys in a 27-year-old woman with severe hypertension. A modest fall in systolic and diastolic pressure followed removal of a parathyroid adenoma. Blood pressure was controlled with spironolactone therapy and restored to normal after removal of an aldosterone-secreting adrenal tumor. Elevated levels of aldosterone may have been responsible for the severe hypertension, while hypercalcemia may have had a synergistic effect on the arteriolar response to circulating vasoactive peptides.

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