UNILATERAL ADRENAL-HYPERPLASIA

• Type: Another Publication in an International Scientific Journal
• Date: 1994

Authors

PIGNATELLI, D (Author) Other; FALCAO, H (Author) Other; COIMBRAPEIXOTO, A (Author) Other; Francisco Cruz (Author) FMUP

Journal

Title: Southern Medical Journal

Vol. 87

Pages: 664-667

ISSN: 0038-4348

Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health

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Other information

Authenticus ID: P-001-K15

DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199406000-00017

Abstract (EN): A case of unilateral primary adrenal hyperplasia, without concomitant hypokalemia, is presented. After surgical removal of the gland, a complete remission occurred. This rare condition may, in fact, be more frequent than thought as it can coexist with normokalemia. We postulate that it is probably a new phase of the transformation between hyperplasia and adenomas that can also occur in the adrenal cortex similar to such transformations in other endocrine organs.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 4