Bilateral deoxycorticosterone-secreting adrenocortical adenoma.
A case of a 58-year-old man with bilateral deoxycorticosterone (DOC)-secreting adrenocortical adenoma is reported. Before surgery, plasma levels of DOC and corticosterone were markedly elevated, but both adrenal hormone levels normalized after the surgical removal of the bilateral adrenal tumors. The histologic examination revealed bilateral adrenocortical adenoma, but curiously, the tissue concentrations of DOC and corticosterone were elevated only in the right adrenal gland.
Nitta
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Department of Urology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Japan.
Kumamoto
Y
Y
Itoh
N
N
Tachiki
H
H
Mikuma
N
N
Tsukamoto
T
T
Iimura
O
O
Shimamoto
K
K
D000306:Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism*; D018246:Adrenocortical Adenoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism*; D003900:Desoxycorticosterone / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D003900:Desoxycorticosterone