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8965160

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-12-11
pubmed:abstractText
Primary aldosteronism is a potentially curable cause of hypertension, especially when caused by an adrenal adenoma. Aldosteronomas because of their small size often elude techniques to locate them. This case illustrates the advantages, disadvantages and complications of noninvasive techniques used for their diagnosis. A patient with hypertension and hypokalemia underwent an adrenal venous effluent sampling for measurement of aldosterone concentrations. This procedure was complicated by an injury to the right adrenal gland. Subsequently, it was difficult to control the patient's hypertension and hypokalemia with medical therapy alone. A re-assessment years after his initial diagnosis included a CT scan, which now visualized a left adrenal tumor. The functional status of this tumor and lack of function of the previously injured right adrenal gland were demonstrated by NP-59 scintigraphy. This information modified the surgical intervention (adenectomy rather than total adrenalectomy) and the residual left sided adrenal tissue prevented adrenocortical insufficiency. A year later the patient remains euadrenal.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0161-5505
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
852-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Simultaneous scintigraphic depiction of aldosteronoma and adrenal infarction.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine and Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109-0028, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports