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However, these symptoms are also found in many other conditions (for example, diabetes mellitus or hypercalcaemia) and do not, by themselves, establish a diagnosis of Conn's syndrome. Also, many patients with proven Conn's syndrome do not have a low blood potassium level.
Patients with Conn's syndrome due to primary hyperaldosteronism may have an aldosterone producing adrenocortical adenoma (APA); classically referred to as Conn's syndrome, a unilateral hyperplasia, idiopathic hyperaldosteronism (IHA, also known as bilateral adrenal hyperplasia), familial forms (familial hyperaldosteronism types I, II, and III) have also been described, ectopic secretion of aldosterone (the ovaries and kidneys are the 2 organs described in the literature that, in the setting ...