Primary aldosteronism due to unilateral adrenal microadenoma in an elderly patient: Efficacy of selective adrenal venous sampling

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-42

  Tamura, Yoshiaki ^a   Adachi, Jun Ichiro ^a   Chiba, Yuko ^a   Mori, Seijiro ^a   Takeda, Kazuhiro ^a   Kasuya, Yutaka ^a   Murayama, Takeo ^a   Sawabe, Motoji ^a   Sasano, Hironobu ^b   Araki, Atsushi ^a   Ito, Hideki ^a   Horiuchi, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal microadenoma; Primary aldosteronism; Selective adrenal venous sampling (SAVS)

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 6BETA IODOMETHYL 19 NORCHOLEST 5(10) EN 3BETA OL I 131; ALDOSTERONE; BICALUTAMIDE; BUNAZOSIN; CANDESARTAN HEXETIL; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; NIFEDIPINE; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM HYDROCHLORIDE; RENIN; SPIRONOLACTONE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; TRILOSTANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOGLIBOSE;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX MICROADENOMA; ADRENAL SCINTISCANNING; ADRENALECTOMY; AGED; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ALDOSTERONE RELEASE; ALDOSTERONE URINE LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELDERLY CARE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOMASTIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MICROADENOMA; NOCTURIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; SLOW RELEASE FORMULATION; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ZONA GLOMERULOSA;

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; AGED; ALDOSTERONE; HUMANS; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; MALE; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VEINS;

EID: 38349065301     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.0333     Document Type: Article

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