title: Hypertension associated with rhabdomyolysis.
abstract: Primary aldosteronism accompanied by hypokalemia is a cause of secondary hypertension. Diagnosis of primary aldosteronism has increased dramatically in recent years with the wider availability of aldosterone and plasma renin activity measurements. The authors present the case of a patient with resistant hypertension and severe hypokalemia that evaded diagnosis until complications from hypokalemia occurred.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. petidisk@med.auth.gr
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Petidis
authors.forename: Stella
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Douma
authors.forename: Spyros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aslanidis
authors.forename: Panagiota
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Papaefthimiou
authors.forename: Niki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kartali
authors.forename: Chrysanthos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zamboulis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000450:Aldosterone / Q000097:blood; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006929:Hyperaldosteronism / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications; D012206:Rhabdomyolysis / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000450:Aldosterone