%0 Journal Article
%T Hypertension Unusual Cause
%A Ana Bel¨¦n Hern¨¢ndez Cascales
%A Alicia Hern¨¢ndez Torres
%A Mar¨ªa ¨¢ngeles Ib¨¢£¿ez Gil
%A Pedro Pujante Alarc¨®n
%A Alfonso L¨®pez Ruiz
%A Mar¨ªa Dolores Hell¨ªn Gil
%A Juan Mayor Barrancos
%J Pharmacology & Pharmacy
%P 1-3
%@ 2157-9431
%D 2014
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/pp.2014.51001
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	<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">We expose
a</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> </span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">case of a woman with
hypertension and hypokalemia. The differential diagnosis should include primary
hyperaldosteronism, diuretics or lazantes intake, secondary hyperaldosteronism.
In this patient</span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,</span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> additional
tests performed show no cause </span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">of </span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">hormonal
disruption and the whole picture is due to a high intake of licorice. Glycyrrhetinic
acid, the active component of licorice, inhibits renal IIbeta-hydroxisteroid dehydrogenase.
This allows cortisol to stimulate mineralocorticoid receptors. Licorice ingestion
should be considered in the differential diagnosis of hypertension with hypokalemia.</span><o:p></o:p></span> 
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%K Licorice
%K Glycyrrhizic Acid
%K Glycyrrhizinic Acid
%K Induced Hypertension
%K Hypokalemia
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=41637