Diagnosis of primary aldosteronism in a patient with an incidentally found adrenal mass

Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 547-551

  Tritos, Nicholas A ^a,b  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal mass; Adrenal vein sampling; Aldosterone; Hypokalemia; Primary aldosteronism

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; AMLODIPINE; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; IRBESARTAN; METADRENALIN; METOPROLOL; RENIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENALECTOMY; ALDOSTERONE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34250798524     PISSN: 17458366     EISSN: 17458374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpendmet0553     Document Type: Article

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