Pumberger W, Frigo E, Geissler W
Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of Vienna, Austria/Europe.
Eur J Pediatr Surg. 1998 Jun;8(3):174-7. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1071148.
The cases of two patients with transient pseudohypoaldosteronism due to an up to this point unrecognized obstructive renal disease are reported. Both girls presented with a severe salt-losing episode in early infancy mimicking congenital adrenal hyperplasia. Extensive endocrinologic work-up revealed markedly elevated plasma-aldosterone levels. Clinical and laboratory data were consistent with transient pseudohypoaldosteronism. Sonographic and radiological investigation showed in both children a vesicoureteral reflux of differing grades. After therapy of the electrolyte-imbalance and recovery, one of the children required surgical treatment of vesicoureteral reflux.
