Hung W, August G P
J Pediatr. 1979 Feb;94(2):215-7. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(79)80826-4.
Foremost in the differential diagnosis of hypertension is the identification of surgically correctable lesions. Increased plasma renin activity in a hypertensive patient suggests the presence of a renovascular or renal etiology. We have recently seen two adolescent patients whose hyperreninemia was cuased by a pheochromocytoma. Secondary hyperaldosteronism was an associated finding.
