Hypokalemia induced myopathy as first manifestation of primary hyperaldosteronism - an elderly patient with unilateral adrenal hyperplasia: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Primary hyperaldosteronism is only rarely caused by unilateral adrenal hyperplasia. CASE PRESENTATION: A 73-year-old hypertensive Greek man (on 10 mg amlodipine for the last ten years) presented in the emergency department with severe muscle weakness of all limbs. The initial physical...

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Main Authors: Kotsaftis, Panagiotis, Savopoulos, Christos, Agapakis, Dimitrios, Ntaios, George, Tzioufa, Valentini, Papadopoulos, Vasilios, Fahantidis, Epaminondas, Hatzitolios, Apostolos
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Case report
Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740078/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19829865
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-6813
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