Misdiagnosis of two cases of primary aldosteronism owing to failure of computed tomography to detect adrenal microadenoma

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 340, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 335-337

  Fujiwara, Mako ^a   Murao, Koji ^a   Imachi, Hitomi ^a   Yoshida, Kazuya ^a   Muraoka, Tomie ^a   Ohyama, Tomoyo ^a   Kushida, Yoshio ^a   Haba, Reiji ^a   Kakehi, Yoshiyuki ^a   Ishida, Toshihiko ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic adrenalectomy; Microadenoma; Primary aldosteronism; Selective adrenal venous sampling

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; FUROSEMIDE; IODINE 131;

ADRENAL MICROADENOMA; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MICROADENOMA; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM;

EID: 77957975281     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181e95587     Document Type: Article

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