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1891892

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-10-16
pubmed:abstractText
Two clinical cases of women with primary hyperaldosteronism are reported. The patients presented with arterial hypertension, muscular weakness and paresthesia. Severe hypokalemia was found which was resistant to intravenous infusions of potassium but was successfully treated with low daily doses (100-200 mg) of spironolacton, an aldacton antagonist, in the course of 3-4 days. In one of the patients the primary hyperaldosteronism was related to aldosterone secretion by the cells of a malignant corticosteroma, proved histologically. A successful operation led to full recovery of the patient. In the other patient there was an idiopathic form of primary hyper aldosteronism caused by bilateral hyperplasia of the suprarenal cortex. Contemporary diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities in primary hyperaldosteronism as well as the importance of the examination of potassium serum level and kaliuria in the patients with arterial hypertension for the timely and successful diagnosis and treatment of primary hyperaldosteronism are pointed out.
pubmed:language
bul
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0506-2772
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
115-21
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
[2 cases of primary hyperaldosteronism].
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports