A case of aldosterone-producing adenoma with severe postoperative hyperkalemia

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 215-223

  Taniguchi, Ryoji ^a   Koshiyama, Hiroyuki ^a   Yamauchi, Mika ^a   Tanaka, Satsuki ^a   Inoue, Daisuke ^a   Sato, Yukihito ^a   Sugawa, Akira ^b   Muramatsu, Yasunari ^c   Sasano, Hironobu ^c  

^a HYOGO PREFECTURAL AMAGASAKI GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b SAISEIKAI NAKATSU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aldosteronism; Hyperkalemia; Hypoaldosteronism; Paradoxical hyperplasia; Postoperative

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ALDOSTERONE; CATION EXCHANGE RESIN; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); MINERALOCORTICOID; POTASSIUM; STEROID 11BETA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKALEMIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM;

EID: 0032458939     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.186.215     Document Type: Article

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