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Q1. What is the most likely cause of this patient's resistant hypertension?
Your Answer: Pheochromocytoma

Pheochromocytoma is a catecholamine-producing tumor derived from chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla and the sympathetic ganglia. It usually presents in the third, fourth, or fifth decades. Its primary manifestation is hypertension, and it may present with features of:

This patient does not have these features and so pheochromocytoma is unlikely.

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