title: CT localization of an aldosteronoma in a 10-year-old boy.
abstract: Primary aldosteronism in children under 16 years of age is usually due to adrenal hyperplasia. We could find only seven cases in the literature where it was caused by a solitary adrenal adenoma; all but one were female. We describe the case of a 10-year-old Caucasian boy in whom a unilateral adrenal adenoma was demonstrated by high resolution computed tomography (CT) alone. The literature is reviewed.
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D006929:Hyperaldosteronism / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed