Primary Aldosteronism Presenting as Hypokalemia and Rhabdomyolysis

Kee Hong Park; Soo-Kyung Kim; Eun Bin Cho; Heejeong Jeong; Nack-Cheon Choi; Oh-Young Kwon; Byeong Hoon Lim; Jong Ryeal Hahm; Ki-Jong Park

doi:10.14253/kjcn.2016.18.1.21

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Primary Aldosteronism Presenting as Hypokalemia and Rhabdomyolysis

Kee Hong Park^1,5, Soo-Kyung Kim^1,5, Eun Bin Cho^2,5, Heejeong Jeong^2,5, Nack-Cheon Choi^1,3,5, Oh-Young Kwon^1,3,5, Byeong Hoon Lim^1,3,5, Jong Ryeal Hahm^1,4,5, Ki-Jong Park^2,3,5

Korean Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 2016;18(1):21-24.
Published online: June 30, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14253/kjcn.2016.18.1.21

¹Department of Neurology, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Jinju, Korea

²Department of Neurology, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Changwon, Korea

³Department of Neuroology, School of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea

⁴Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea

⁵Institute of Health Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea

Corresponding author: Ki-Jong Park, Tel: +82-55-214-3810, Fax: +82-55-214-3255,
Email: pkjong@gnu.ac.kr

Received: 24 February 2016 • Accepted: 17 May 2016

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Abstract

Primary aldosteronism is one of the most common cause of secondary hypertension and can be accompanied with hypokalemia. Rhabdomyolysis with hypokalemia in primary aldosteronism has been rarely reported. We describe a patient of primary aldosteronism who presented with limb-girdle type weakness.