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Pseudohyperaldosteronism due to application of an antihemorrhoid cream
F Marin1, A González Quintela, M Moya
1Department of Endocrinology, Clinica Puerta de Hierro, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain.
Nephron
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
Three cases of pseudohyperaldosteronism produced by the application of an antihemorrhoid cream containing 9 alpha-fluoroprednisolone are reported. All three presented edema, hypokalemia and metabolic alkalosis. Two of the patients also exhibited slight arterial hypertension. This iatrogenic possibility must be ruled out in cases of hypermineralocorticoidism, thus avoiding unnecessary and costly examinations.