abstract a 26 -year- old woman presented with rhabdomyolysis secondary to severe hypokalemia. hypertension and metabolic alkalosis could lead to the suspicion of primary aldosteronism, which was confirmed by a decreased plasma rennin, elevated plasma aldosterone levels and high aldosterone/rennin ratio additionally. additionally adrenal computed tomography showed an adrenal tumour. blood pressu...

introduction the term hydropneumopericardium describes the simultaneous accumulation of fluid and gas in the pericardial sac. this condition is mostly caused by primary infiltrative lesions from the adjacent organs, pericardial infections, or trauma and is a very rare situation, usually with favorable outcomes. case presentation we describe a female patient with lutembacher’s syndrome complicat...

hypoparathyroidism as the first manifestation of kearns-sayre syndrome: a case report   how to cite this article: ashrafzadeh f, ghaemi n, akhondian j, beiraghi toosi m, elmi s. hypoparathyroidism as the first manifestation of kearns-sayre syndrome: a case report. iran j child neurol. 2013 autumn;7(4):53-57.     objective kearns-sayre syndrome is a mitochondrial myopathy, which was first descri...

abstract a 26 -year- old woman presented with rhabdomyolysis secondary to severe hypokalemia. hypertension and metabolic alkalosis could lead to the suspicion of primary aldosteronism, which was confirmed by a decreased plasma rennin, elevated plasma aldosterone levels and high aldosterone/rennin ratio additionally. additionally adrenal computed tomography showed an adrenal tumour. blood pressu...