Non-glucocorticoid-remediable aldosteronism in an infant with low-renin hypertension.
A 6-week-old male with severe hypertension is presented. He was found to have hyperaldosteronism and a negative long polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for glucocorticoid-remediable aldosteronism. His mother and maternal grandfather also had severe hypertension. A case is made for the possible diagnosis of familial hyperaldosteronism type II at a very early age.
Malagon-Rogers
Maricarmen
M
Department of Family Medicine, University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville, 1924 Alcoa Hwy U-67, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA. mmalagon@mc.utmck.edu
D004351:Drug Resistance / Q000235:genetics; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D006929:Hyperaldosteronism / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications*; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood*
D005938:Glucocorticoids; D012083:Renin