Korean Circ J.  1986 Sep;16(3):411-415. 10.4070/kcj.1986.16.3.411.

A Case Report of Primary Aldosteronism with Sustained Hypertension After Adrenalectomy

• Sul SY
• Park SK
• Choi WR
• Kim KH
• Kim JS

• KMID: 1668801
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4070/kcj.1986.16.3.411

Abstract

We experienced a case of primary aldosteronism due to adrenal adenoma. The patient was 45-year old female, whose main complaints were weakness, headache, and fatigue. By use of abdominal CT scan, ultrasonogram, adrenal angiogram and by result of clinical laboratory findings, we conculuded the diagnosis of adrenal adenoma, and confirmed it by surgical and pathologucal findigs. The clinical sympyoms disappeared after left adrenalectomy, and laboratory findings of renin, aldosterone, electrolutes were normalized but hypertension persisted, so she has been managed by antihypertensives.

MeSH Terms

Adenoma
Adrenalectomy*
Aldosterone
Antihypertensive Agents
Diagnosis
Fatigue
Female
Headache
Humans
Hyperaldosteronism*
Hypertension*
Middle Aged
Renin
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ultrasonography
Aldosterone
Antihypertensive Agents
Renin