Hyperaldosteronism combined with hypercortisolaemia in a patient with adrenal carcinoma.
A patient with adrenal carcinoma who initially presented with features suggestive of Conn's syndrome, but subsequently was shown to produce excess cortisol and other steroids, is described.
Panesar
N S
NS
Department of Chemical Pathology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories.
Tsao
S Y
SY
Wheeler
M J
MJ
Cockram
C S
CS
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood*; D006929:Hyperaldosteronism / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis
D006854:Hydrocortisone