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Secondary Hypertension: Diagnosis and Management of an Adrenal Adenoma
OBJECTIVES After participating in the continuing education activity, primary care physicians should be able to: 1. Know the renal and adrenal causes of secondary hypertension 2. Know the components of the clinical examination of a hypertensive patient 3. Be familiar with laboratory tests used to assess an incidentally discovered adrenal mass 4. Know the usual findings in primary aldosterone exc...
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MOTS CLÉS Hypertension artérielle secondaire ; Anévrisme artériel rénal ; Adénome de Conn ; A 58-year-old woman presented with resistant hypertension and hypokalaemia. Biological primary hyperaldosteronism was detected: aldosterone to renin ratio, 37.5; 24-hour urine aldosterone excretion, 25 g. Computed tomography (Fig. 1) diagnosed a right adrenal adenoma (26mm diameter) coexisting with a hom...
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1. Adrenal tumor. (A) Abdominal computed tomography showed a large mass with smooth margin, 6.0 cm in diameter, in the left adrenal gland. No sweling of the lymph nodes around the tumor was observed. (B) An adenoma measuring 7.5×6.0×5.5 cm and weighing 122 g with a smooth surface was removed. Its cut surface was golden yelow. (C) HE stain ×20. The adenoma was encapsulated. The adjacent normal a...
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A 39 year old man presented with gynaecomastia, loss of libido and high blood pressure. Hormone studies revealed elevated plasma levels of oestradiol and its precursors, which increased in response to adrenocorticotrophic hormone and were reduced to normal levels with dexamethasone. Computed tomography disclosed a left adrenal mass and surgery was performed. The removed tumour weighed 84 g and ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Heart Journal
سال: 1969
ISSN: 0021-4868,1348-673X
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.10.11