Hypertension associated with rhabdomyolysis.
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.
Petidis
Konstantinos
K
2nd Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. petidisk@med.auth.gr
Douma
Stella
S
Aslanidis
Spyros
S
Papaefthimiou
Panagiota
P
Kartali
Niki
N
Zamboulis
Chrysanthos
C
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
D000450:Aldosterone