Unilateral adrenal hyperplasia as a cause of primary aldosteronism.
We have described a patient with unilateral adrenal hyperplasia, a rare cause of primary aldosteronism, and reviewed the literature on this subject. The treatment of this disorder appears to be surgical. Whether its pathogenesis is related to the more common varieties of primary aldosteronism is open to speculation.
Dye
N V
NV
Department of Surgery, University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Medicine 64108-2792.
Litton
N J
NJ
Varma
M
M
Isley
W L
WL
D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000473:pathology*; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006929:Hyperaldosteronism / Q000209:etiology*; D006965:Hyperplasia; D008875:Middle Aged