Hyperaldosteronism from a large adrenal adenoma in a patient with bilateral adrenal nodules

Giant adrenal adenoma with hyperaldosteronism.

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...

[Primary hyperaldosteronism due to adrenal adenoma].

Hyperaldosteronism from adrenal carcinoma.

criteria for a diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis. In a more recent report of an outbreak of the disease Dunnet (1963) described 80 cases; the diagnostic criteria used were stringent. Though almost all of the 80 cases had evidence of hepatic involvement and 13 (16%) had electrocardiographic changes, only a few had the radiological appearances of enlarged hilar lymph nodes and none had pulmon...

Angiotensin II receptor subtypes on adrenal adenoma in primary hyperaldosteronism.

Patients with an aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA) characteristically fail to show an increase in plasma aldosterone (PA) concentration with maneuvers that increase angiotensin II (Ang II), yet they retain a brisk response of PA to adrenocorticotrophic hormone. Therefore, adrenal Ang II receptor binding was characterized in a patient with APA who had a blocked PA response to Ang II infusion b...

Transarterial embolization of a hyperfunctioning aldosteronoma in a patient with bilateral adrenal nodules

Primary hyperaldosteronism often results in resistant hypertension and hypokalemia, which may lead to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular complications. Although surgery is first line treatment for unilateral functioning aldosteronomas, minimally invasive therapies may be first line for certain patients such as those who cannot tolerate surgery. We present a case of transarterial embolization (T...