Minireview: potassium channels and aldosterone dysregulation: is primary
aldosteronism a potassium channelopathy?
Young Jr., "Primary
aldosteronism: diagnostic and treatment strategies," Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology, vol.
Diagnosis of adenomatous primary
aldosteronism in a patient with severe hypertension.
Rare: Diabetes Insipidus, Chronic Kidney Failure,
Aldosteronism, Hypercalcemia
Evolution of the surgical management of primary
aldosteronism. Ann Surg 1980;19:1-7.
It adds a chapter written by a pediatrician on hypertension in children and adolescents; new developments in the pathogenesis of hypertension; discussions of the significance of nighttime blood pressure; new information on the relationship of sleep apnea to blood pressure and the latest antihypertensive drugs, including combination drugs; and updates on diagnosing primary
aldosteronism.
Functional benign tumors, such as primary
aldosteronism, Cushing's syndrome, and pheochromocytoma as well as non-functioning tumors, such as ganglioneuroma, non-functioning adenoma, myelolipoma, and cyst are among the indications of the procedure.
Other studies demonstrate that some of these tumour cells express menin (MEN-1), the aberrant gene product in patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1; in others, the hybrid gene is associated with glucocorticoid-responsive
aldosteronism (3, 6).
Identifiable Causes of Hypertension Chronic kidney disease Coarctation of the aorta Cushing's syndrome and other glucocorticoid excess states including chronic steroid therapy Drug induced or drug related Obstructive uropathy Pheochromocytoma Primary
aldosteronism and other mineralocorticoid excess states Renovascular hypertension Sleep apnea Thyroid or parathyroid disease Adopted from the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure Table 7.
More recently, adrenal venous sampling is reported to be the standard of reference for determining the cause of primary
aldosteronism. However, this method is technically demanding, operator-dependent, costly and time-consuming, with a low but significant complication rate.
If you have hypertension that is difficult to control, it may be due to a rare condition called primary
aldosteronism (PA) or hyperaldosteronism.
There are no clinical data on the use of licorice, and large doses used chronically may be associated with pseudoprimary
aldosteronism.
Myopathy and primary
aldosteronism: Electronmicroscopic study.