Endocrinologia Japonica
Online ISSN : 2185-6370
Print ISSN : 0013-7219
ISSN-L : 0013-7219
Hypertension, Hypokalemia and Hypoaldosteronism with Suppressed Renin: A Clinical Study of a Patientwith Liddle's Syndrome
NOBORU SAKAMOTOMASANOBU UDASHUNICHI KOJIMAMASAYUKI TSUCHIYAKEIICHI ITOKOICHI OGINOMASAO IKEDARYOJI WATABE
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1981 Volume 28 Issue 3 Pages 357-362

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A 24-yr-old woman with hypertension, hypokalemic alkalosis, low plasma renin and hypoaldosteronism was studied. Plasma aldosterone, renin and potassium returned to normal and blood pressure fell after sodium restriction or the administrationof triamterene. Thiazide therapy also normalized her blood pressure while dexamethasone, spironolactone and furosemide did not improve her symptoms. Plasma aldosterone levels were low and responded poorly to a short term ACTH injection, but responded well to the maximal adrenal stimulation by ACTH-Z. Plasma levels of cortisol, corticosterone and deoxycorticosterone were within the normal range. Adrenalscintigram with 131I-adosterol and abdominal computed axial tomography did not reveal the presence of a sizeable adrenal tumor. In addition, the urinary kallikrein excretion was low after sodium restriction and showed no response to saline infusion. These findings suggest that the excessive secretion of unusual mineralocorticoids may not exist in this case. From these observations and the results of the therapeutic responses to the diuretic agents, we conclude that the primary cause of the disorder of this patient seems to be a renal defect in the distal tuble in handlingsodium and potassium which is similar to that in Liddle's syndrome.

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