Korean J Urol.  1988 Dec;29(6):987-990.

A Case of Aldosteronoma

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  • 1Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iri, Korea.

Abstract

Primary aldosteronism, characterized by hypertension, hypokalemia and hyperaldosteronemia caused by chronic overproduction of aldosterone independent of normal renin-angiotensin system, due to aldosteronoma, or to bilateral cortical nodular hyperplasia, or to adrenal carcinoma rarely. We report a case of left adrenal adenoma which was diagnosed by classic clinical symptoms, laboratory data, adrenal venography and abdominal computerized tomography. We performed left adrenalectomy with subcostal transperitoneal approach, and then blood pressure and laboratory data were normalized postoperatively.

Keyword

aldosteronoma

MeSH Terms

Adenoma
Adrenalectomy
Aldosterone
Blood Pressure
Hyperaldosteronism
Hyperplasia
Hypertension
Hypokalemia
Phlebography
Renin-Angiotensin System
Aldosterone
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