Hypokalemic paralysis due to primary hyperaldosteronism simulating gitelmans syndrome

Some diseases, such as Gitelman s syndrome, Bartter s syndrome, and primary hyperaldosteronism (Conn s syndrome), may bear some similar clinical and laboratory findings. Their treatment modalities being different from one another, the need for a scrupulous diagnostic evaluation arises as far as clinical practice is concerned. In this report, we present a patient with Conn s syndrome who was initially considered to have Gitelman s syndrome due to displaying a few overlapping features of both diseases. We also give an account of the hardships encountered during the diagnostic evaluation.