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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-2-12
pubmed:abstractText
We describe a patient who developed persistant hypokalemia after renal transplantation that was initially attributed to diuretics and/or steroids. However after stopping the diuretic, the patient continued to have urinary losses of potassium (less than 30 mEq/day) at a time when the serum potassium was only 2.4 mEq/l and high urinary chloride (33 mEq/day) suggesting that the diuretics were not responsible for the hypokalemia and the metabolic alkalosis. The results of these simple laboratory tests and the presence of persistent severe hypokalemia prompted additional studies (peripheral renin activity; plasma aldosterone levels; and CT scan) that led to the diagnosis of left adrenal gland adenoma. Surgical removal of the adrenal adenoma led to the normalization of the serum potassium and a fall in the total CO2 content in plasma. To our knowledge this is the first report of a case of hypokalemia secondary to primary hyperaldosteronism in a renal transplant recipient.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0301-0430
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
261-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Hypokalemia secondary to primary hyperaldosteronism in a renal transplant recipient.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports