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Hyperaldosteronism - Etiologies of Mineralocorticoid Excess

Primary Hyperaldosteronism (Normal or Low Renin, High Aldosterone) 
 - Aldosterone-secreting
Renin, High Aldosterone ... tumor - Congenital ... Low Aldosterone ... Hyperaldosteronism #Differential ... #Table
Causes of Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
GI Losses - Gastric
 • Vomiting
 • NG suction
GI
Causes of Metabolic ... Alkalosis - Differential ... Tumor Low Renin ... mass • Adrenal ... Renin, Low Aldosterone
Etiologies of Hypoaldosteronism

Hyporeninemic Hypoaldosteronism (Low Renin, Low Aldosterone)
 - Diabetic Nephropathy 
 - NSAIDs
Non-Hyporeninemic Hypoaldosteronism (Normal
Hypoaldosteronism (Low ... Renin, Low Aldosterone ... , Low Aldosterone ... Hypoaldosteronism #Differential ... #Table #Causes
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Extra-renal Losses:
 • Normal Acid-Base: Low intake
 • Metabolic acidosis: Gl tract
Hypokalemia - Differential ... Aldosterone: Liddle's ... Renovascular HTN, Renin ... secreting tumor ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Summary table of common benign breast diseases and how to manage them. 
Fibroadenoma:
 • Most common
Summary table of ... diseases and how ... tumour of breast ... #differential # ... #table
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
wasting from other causes ... suggests extra-renal causes ... secreting tumor ... consumption • Low ... diagnosis #Algorithm #differential
Primary Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Volume Depleted - 2° hyperaldosteronism
 • Low Urine Cl-: Vomiting,
Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential ... tumorLow PRA ... aldosteronism *Due to aldosterone ... Metabolic #Alkalosis #Differential ... Algorithm #Nephrology #Causes
The table on the left is the overall table for mediastinal masses.
In the next paragraphs we
The table on the ... is the overall table ... - Benign Cysts ... #Mediastinal #Mass ... #Differential #
Cortical Desmoid - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Circumscribed, small cortically based Tl -hypointense and T 2-hyperintense
Case description ... correlate to a desmoid tumor ... • T1-weighted low ... Differential diagnosis ... Cortically based benign
Causes of Hyperkalemia
l. Pseudohyperkalemia
  A Cellular efflux; thrombocytosis, erythrocytosis, leukocytosis, in vitro hemolysis
  B.
Causes of Hyperkalemia ... Rapid tumor lysis ... Inhibition of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone ... Drug-associated: heparin, low-molecular-weight ... #Hyperkalemia #Differential