Hyponatremic-hypertensive syndrome associated with renovascular hypertension: a case report

Circ J. 2002 Mar;66(3):297-301. doi: 10.1253/circj.66.297.

Abstract

Renovascular hypertension occasionally manifests clinically as electrolyte disorders and albuminuria in addition to elevated blood pressure. A 49-year-old man who had renovascular hypertension also had severe hypokalemia, hyponatremia, polyuria and polydipsia that were treated by an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor and resection of an atrophic kidney with a compromised blood supply. This is a case of hyponatremic-hypertensive syndrome related to renovascular hypertension and occurring as an additional abnormality.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angiography
  • Aortic Aneurysm / diagnosis
  • Aortic Aneurysm / etiology
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Renovascular / complications*
  • Hypertension, Renovascular / diagnosis
  • Hypertension, Renovascular / pathology
  • Hypokalemia / etiology
  • Hyponatremia / etiology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Renin-Angiotensin System