Manifestación inicial atípica de un hiperaldosteronismo primario / Atypical initial manifestation of primary hyperaldosteronism

Aproximadamente 10% de los casos de hipertensión arterial son debidos a una causa secundaria, encontrándose entre las más frecuentes el hiperaldosteronismo primario, caracterizado por hipertensión, alcalosis metabólica e hipopotasemia. No obstante, en raras ocasiones puede debutar de una forma atípica, en forma de debilidad muscular y mialgias secundarias a rabdomiólisis por hipopotasemia severa, como el caso que se describe. (AU)

Approximately 10% of cases of arterial hypertension are due to a secondary cause, being among the most frequent primary hyperaldosteronism, characterized by hypertension, metabolic alkalosis and hypokalemia. However, on rare occasions it can present in an atypical way, in the form of muscle weakness and myalgia secondary to rhabdomyolysis due to severe hypokalemia, as in the case described. (AU)

[Atypical initial manifestation of primary hyperaldosteronism]. / Manifestación inicial atípica de un hiperaldosteronismo primario.

Approximately 10% of cases of arterial hypertension are due to a secondary cause, being among the most frequent primary hyperaldosteronism, characterized by hypertension, metabolic alkalosis and hypokalemia. However, on rare occasions it can present in an atypical way, in the form of muscle weakness and myalgia secondary to rhabdomyolysis due to severe hypokalemia, as in the case described.

Necrotizing Sarcoid Granulomatosis: A Disease Not to be Forgotten.

Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease of unknown aetiology characterised by the appearance of noncaseifying epithelioid granulomas in the affected organs, most commonly the lungs, skin, and eyes (Iannuzzi et al. 2007). Necrotizing Sarcoid Granulomatosis (NGS) is a rare and little-known form of disease, which also presents nodular lung lesions, and it shares pathologic and clinical findings with sarcoidosis, where the presence of necrosis may lead to misdiagnosis of tuberculosis (TB), leading to a consequent delay in treatment of the underlying entity (Chong et al. 2015). This is exactly what happened with the two cases that we present here.