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14516402

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-9-30
pubmed:abstractText
We report a case of aldosterone-producing microadenoma that was correctly diagnosed and thus treated less invasively by laparoscopic adrenalectomy. A 58-year-old woman presented with palpitation and muscular weakness. She exhibited hypertension, hypokalemia and increased aldosterone excretion with suppressed renin activity. Therefore, primary aldosteronism was suggested. Although adrenal scintigram and computed tomography findings in the adrenal glands were normal, adrenal venous sampling tests indicated an overproduction of aldosterone in the right adrenal gland. We diagnosed an aldosterone-producing microadenoma in the right adrenal gland and performed an adrenalectomy. The patient became normotensive postoperatively and histopathological examination demonstrated a microadenoma, 5 mm in diameter.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0919-8172
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
544-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-10-30
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Successful treatment of primary aldosteronism due to computed tomography-negative microadenoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports