Possibly simultaneous primary aldosteronism and preclinical cushing's syndrome in a patient with double adenomas of right adrenal gland

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 287-293

  Saito, Takako ^a   Ikoma, Aki ^a   Saito, Tomoyuki ^a   Tamemoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Suminaga, Yoshihisa ^a   Yamada, Shigeki ^a   Kawakami, Masanobu ^a   Suzuki, Takashi ^b   Sasano, Hironobu ^b   Ishikawa, San E ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenocortical steroidogenic enzymes; Aldosterone renin ratio (ARR); Immunohistochemical staining; Unilateral double adrenocortical adenomas

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; AMLODIPINE BESYLATE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXAZOSIN MESYLATE; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; TRICHLORMETHIAZIDE; VALSARTAN;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; STEROIDOGENESIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ALDOSTERONE; CUSHING SYNDROME; ENZYMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; MINERALOCORTICOIDS; OBESITY; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RENIN; STAINING AND LABELING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249020225     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K06-180     Document Type: Article

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