Primary Aldosteronism in a Patient with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease Associated with Polycystic Liver Disease

Polycystic kidney disease is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder (ADPKD) associated with arterial hypertension, as a common and early manifestation. However, the combination of hypertension and hypokalemia is very rare in these patients and may have another cause. We present a case of a 45 years...

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Main Authors:	Camelia Pană, Dragoș Fâșie, Claudia Voinea, Ana Tuță Liliana
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sciendo 2018-02-01
Series:	ARS Medica Tomitana
Subjects:	polycystic kidney disease activity of plasmatic renin hypokalemia primary aldosteronism
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.2478/arsm-2018-0010

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spelling	doaj-cc32479430a542ebbdfa94deaddfa8f52021-09-06T19:41:19ZengSciendoARS Medica Tomitana1841-40362018-02-01241555910.2478/arsm-2018-0010arsm-2018-0010Primary Aldosteronism in a Patient with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease Associated with Polycystic Liver DiseaseCamelia Pană0Dragoș Fâșie1Claudia Voinea2Ana Tuță Liliana3Faculty of Medicine, University “Ovidius” of ConstanțaFaculty of Medicine, University “Ovidius” of ConstanțaFaculty of Medicine, University “Ovidius” of ConstanțaFaculty of Medicine, University “Ovidius” of ConstanțaPolycystic kidney disease is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder (ADPKD) associated with arterial hypertension, as a common and early manifestation. However, the combination of hypertension and hypokalemia is very rare in these patients and may have another cause. We present a case of a 45 years old man with ADPKD associated with primary hyperaldosteronism. Unilateral suprarenal macroadenoma on abdominal CT scan, severe hypokalemia and low activity of plasmatic renin led to diagnosis.https://doi.org/10.2478/arsm-2018-0010polycystic kidney diseaseactivity of plasmatic reninhypokalemiaprimary aldosteronism
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author	Camelia Pană Dragoș Fâșie Claudia Voinea Ana Tuță Liliana
spellingShingle	Camelia Pană Dragoș Fâșie Claudia Voinea Ana Tuță Liliana Primary Aldosteronism in a Patient with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease Associated with Polycystic Liver Disease ARS Medica Tomitana polycystic kidney disease activity of plasmatic renin hypokalemia primary aldosteronism
author_facet	Camelia Pană Dragoș Fâșie Claudia Voinea Ana Tuță Liliana
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title	Primary Aldosteronism in a Patient with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease Associated with Polycystic Liver Disease
title_short	Primary Aldosteronism in a Patient with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease Associated with Polycystic Liver Disease
title_full	Primary Aldosteronism in a Patient with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease Associated with Polycystic Liver Disease
title_fullStr	Primary Aldosteronism in a Patient with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease Associated with Polycystic Liver Disease
title_full_unstemmed	Primary Aldosteronism in a Patient with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease Associated with Polycystic Liver Disease
title_sort	primary aldosteronism in a patient with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease associated with polycystic liver disease
publisher	Sciendo
series	ARS Medica Tomitana
issn	1841-4036
publishDate	2018-02-01
description	Polycystic kidney disease is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder (ADPKD) associated with arterial hypertension, as a common and early manifestation. However, the combination of hypertension and hypokalemia is very rare in these patients and may have another cause. We present a case of a 45 years old man with ADPKD associated with primary hyperaldosteronism. Unilateral suprarenal macroadenoma on abdominal CT scan, severe hypokalemia and low activity of plasmatic renin led to diagnosis.
topic	polycystic kidney disease activity of plasmatic renin hypokalemia primary aldosteronism
url	https://doi.org/10.2478/arsm-2018-0010
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Primary Aldosteronism in a Patient with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease Associated with Polycystic Liver Disease

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