Pheochromocytoma and primary aldosteronism: diagnostic approaches.
Although adrenal-dependent hypertension is an uncommon form of hypertension, its diagnosis provides clinicians with a unique treatment opportunity, that is, to render a surgical cure or to achieve a dramatic response to pharmacologic therapy. The diagnosis of catecholamine-secreting tumors has evolved during the last 70 years to a straightforward stepwise algorithmic approach. Primary aldosteronism is now recognized as the most common form of secondary hypertension, and the screening methods for it are simple and reliable.
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Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D000368:Aged; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000652:urine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006929:Hyperaldosteronism / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
D002395:Catecholamines