Primary aldosteronism during pregnancy and eplerenone use - a case report.

Abstract

Primary aldosteronism is one of the important causes of secondary hypertension. However, pregnancy with primary aldosteronism is rare. Eplerenone is an aldosterone antagonist which is used in the treatment of primary aldosteronism. This is a case of successful pregnancy outcome in a young woman who was known to have primary aldosteronism and was on oral eplerenone from preconception. There are only five case reports on eplerenone use during pregnancy in the literature.