[The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone (RAA) system in endocrine diseases].

Modern, views are presented on the pathogenesis of arterial hypertension in certain diseases of endocrine glands. In patients with phaeochromocytoma, virilizing tumours, acromegaly, in Cushing's disease, and in Conn's syndrome at the present state of knowledge it is not possible to formulate unequivocal conclusions concerning the effects of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system on the mechanism of arterial hypertension development in these endocrinopathies.