AN INFANT WITH PSEUDOHYPOALDOSTERONISM ACCOMPANIED BY CHOLELITHIASIS

Authors
HANAKI K OHZEKI T IITSUKA T NAGATA I URASHIMA H TSUKUDA T NAGAISHI J SHIRAKI K SHIMIZU N KAIBARA N
Citation
K. Hanaki et al., AN INFANT WITH PSEUDOHYPOALDOSTERONISM ACCOMPANIED BY CHOLELITHIASIS, Biology of the neonate, 65(2), 1994, pp. 85-88
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Biology of the neonate → ACNP
ISSN journal
00063126
Volume
65
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
85 - 88
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-3126(1994)65:2<85:AIWPAB>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
A case of an infant with very rare concurrence of pseudohypoaldosteron ism and cholelithiasis is described. Aldosterone concentration was ext remely high (64.6 nmol/l; normal 0.03-4.4 nmol/l) and fludrocortisone did not have favorable effects on hyperkalemia (7.4 mEq/l) and hyponat remia (124 mEq/l). A gallstone was found using ultrasonography at age 6 months, and it was extirpated surgically. The combination has not be en reported previously. The study supports the previous hypothesis tha t cholelithiasis is found more often in infants with dehydration or el ectrolyte derangement.