A Case of Pseudo-Bartter Syndrome.
10.3348/jkrs.1994.31.4.727
- Author:
Ik YANG
;
Yul LEE
;
Soo Young CHUNG
;
Bo Whan CHOI
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Adult;
Alkalosis;
Blood Pressure;
Diuretics;
Eating;
Female;
Humans;
Hyperaldosteronism;
Kidney;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- From:Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
1994;31(4):727-729
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Pseudo-Bartter syndrome is a rare medical disease of the kidney characterized by normal blood pressure, hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis, hyperreninemia and hyperaldosteronism with drug history of diuretics. We report US, CT and MRI findings of a patient with clinically proved pseudo-Bartter syndrome. The patient was a 37-year-old woman with a history of long term ingestion of the diuretics(furosemide) for 20 years. Renal US revealed hyperechoic renal medulla at both kidneys. The resistive index(RI), calculated from the duplex doppler waveform is 0.61. Unenhanced CT revealed faint high attenuation along the medulla. Tl-weighted MRI revealed indistinct corticomedullary differentiation.
