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6370909

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-6-8
pubmed:abstractText
A 35-year-old man, who had been ingesting one or two bags of tablets of pure licorice daily (20-40 g/day) for about two years, developed an acute myopathy with high levels of serum muscle enzymes and the typical features of mineralocorticoid excess: serious hypokalemia, hypertension, metabolic alkalosis. Both plasma renin and serum aldosterone were below the normal values. Ultrastructural study of muscle showed only minor, aspecific changes. Glycyrrhizinic acid, a steroid-like glycoside contained in natural licorice, has a well-known mineralocorticoid activity but severe potassium depletion and rhabdomyolysis due to chronic licorice ingestion have rarely been reported. This case further indicates that such a possibility is to be considered in the differential diagnosis of a patient admitted because of acute flaccid tetraparesis and hypokalemia.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0392-0461
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
493-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Acute hypokalemic myopathy due to chronic licorice ingestion: report of a case.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports