[Pseudo-Conn's syndrome after habitual ingestion of liquorice. Report on various clinical cases].
Four female subjects were admitted to our Department for a form of severe systo-diastolic hypertension, recalcitrant to previous anti-hypertensive treatment, accompanied by marked hypokalemia. Patients had a common history of the continuous use, for pleasure or medicinal purposes, of liquorice-based preparations. In all cases, suspension led to normalisation of kalemia in a period varying from six to fifteen days, while arterial pressure values and all other essential parameters examined (plasma reninic activity, aldosteronuria, etc.) recovered their balance more slowly.
D000328:Adult; D000450:Aldosterone / Q000652:urine; D005260:Female; D006035:Glycyrrhiza; D006801:Humans; D006929:Hyperaldosteronism / Q000209:etiology*; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000506:poisoning*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D011188:Potassium / Q000097:blood; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders
D010936:Plant Extracts; D000450:Aldosterone; D012083:Renin; D011188:Potassium
Pseudo-sindrome di Conn da ingestione abituale di liquirizia. Rapporto su alcuni casi clinici.