On laboratory evaluation, the patient had hypokalemia (2.7 mmol/L), high serum adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) (279 pg/mL), 11-deoxycortisol (140 ng/ml), total testosterone (236 ng/dL), and androstenedione (> 10 ng/dL) levels. This evidence concerns the gene POMC and Hypokalemia.