Pseudohyperaldosteronism

Classification according to ICD-10
I15.1	Hypertension as a result of other kidney diseases
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

The pseudohyperaldosteronism is a clinically the hyperaldosteronism similar disease, but without increased plasma levels of aldosterone .

Possible causes are:

• Apparent mineralocorticoid excess
• Deoxycorticosterone-secreting tumors
• Ingestion of large amounts of real liquorice
• Glucocorticoid Resistance
• Congenital adrenal hyperplasia ( CAH due to 11-beta-hydroxylase deficiency and CAH due to 17-alpha-hydroxylase deficiency )
• Liddle Syndrome
• Medication with carbenoxolone
• Pseudohyperaldosteronism type 2 (gain of function mutation of mineralocorticoid receptor)

Differential diagnosis

Other forms of hyperaldosteronism must be distinguished .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry on pseudohyperaldosteronism in Flexikon , a wiki of the DocCheck company
2. ↑ emedicine.medscape
3. ↑ Pseudohyperaldosteronism type 2. In: Orphanet (database for rare diseases).

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