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A patient with hypertension, hypernatremia, hypokalemia, and increased edema is found to have an aldosterone-producing adrenocortical adenoma. Serum measurement of renin in this patient will be:
A. Same as an individual with secondary hyperaldosteronism
B. Higher than an individual with secondary hyperaldosteronism
C. There is no consistent renin level correlation between primary and secondary hyperaldosteronism
D. Less than an individual with secondary hyperaldosteronism
E. None of the above
A. Same as an individual with secondary hyperaldosteronism
B. Higher than an individual with secondary hyperaldosteronism
C. There is no consistent renin level correlation between primary and secondary hyperaldosteronism
D. Less than an individual with secondary hyperaldosteronism
E. None of the above