title: Renal transplantation unveils Conn's syndrome: a case report.
abstract: Primary hyperaldosteronism or Conn's syndrome is rare after renal transplantation. We present a case of a 34-year-old woman with end-stage renal disease, who had received a living renal transplant and showed persistent hypertension and hypokalemia. The common causes of hypertension after kidney transplantation were excluded and hypokalemia persisted despite potassium supplementation and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors. Biochemical findings revealed extremely elevated plasma aldosteron levels, suppressed plasma renin activity, and massive urinary potassium wasting. Abdominal computerized tomography scan showed a left 25-mm adrenal nodule. Her hypertension and hypokalemia was cured by the removal of the adenoma.
authors.affiliation: Military Hospital of Tunis, 1008 Tunis, Tunisia.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harzallah
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Belhadj
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chatti
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sraeib
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boussema
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hmida
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Manaa
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006929:Hyperaldosteronism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed