The urgent symptoms which frequently result from compression of the optic nerves and chiasm have focused attention upon themselves so that some of the manifestations of adrenal cortical insufficiency secondary to " pituitary tumour " have received scant notice. This is not to say that they are totally unknown, but they form a submerged body of knowledge to which relatively little importance is ...

We report a case of primary aldosteronism in a 30-year-old woman without hypertension or any other characteristic symptoms. The condition was first suspected by hypokalemia (2.6 mEq/liter), which was incidentally found by routine checkup. There was evidence of suppressed plasma renin activity (PRA) and elevated plasma aldosterone levels. However, the blood pressure never reached a hypertensive ...

We report a case of primary aldosteronism in a 30-year-old woman without hypertension or any other characteristic symptoms. The condition was first suspected by hypokalemia (2.6 mEq/liter), which was incidentally found by routine checkup. There was evidence of suppressed plasma renin activity (PRA) and elevated plasma aldosterone levels. However, the blood pressure never reached a hypertensive ...

A 12-year old dog with a 9-year history of primary adrenal insufficiency was referred to the service for hyporexia, muscle weakness, polyuria and polydipsia. Ultrasound examination showed an unresectable mass in the left adrenal gland, with local vascular invasion, which prompted the euthanasia of the animal. Additionally, necropsy revealed a nodular lesion in the right adrenal gland and enlarg...

A 43-year-old man, with known hypertension, was brought to A&E with acute weakness of legs. His blood pressure was 150/95mm Hg and he had decreased muscle power of both legs. Investigations: severe hypokalaemia (Kþ 1.9mmol/l), metabolic alkalosis, despite normal renal and liver functions. He had an elevated serum aldosterone (364 pg/ml, normal range: 69–109 pg/ml) with normal thyroid and adrena...

OBJECTIVE The rate of adrenal incidentalomas detected in routine diagnostic imaging techniques is approximately 4-7%. Although the lesions are generally benign, carcinoma and functional adenomas can be diagnosed with careful clinic and laboratory evaluation. MATERIAL AND METHODS Data of 13 patients who underwent surgery for an adrenal mass between January 2010-June 2014 were analyzed retrospe...

Adrenal cortical adenomas with diameters greater than 3 mm. were found in 185 (3.61%, of 5,120 consecutive necropsies. A progressively higher incidence with increasing age was noted) 82% of the adenomas occurring in cases in the age range 51-80 years. On the basis of age distribution of adenomas and their connexion with hypertension, there does not seem to be sufficient proof to suppose that th...