Remission of Primary Hyperaldosteronism after Adrenal Venography

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
ADRENAL tumors associated with primary hyperaldosteronism are characteristically small, measuring 1 to 2 cm in diameter. As a result of their small size, as well as their relative avascularity, traditional radiologic procedures have been unsatisfactory. These methods include intravenous urography, nephrotomography, retroperitoneal pneumography and arteriography.1 With greater experience in selective vascular catheterization, adrenal venography has increasingly been accepted as a satisfactory approach both for visualization and as a technic for obtaining hormonal samples from the adrenal gland.2 3 4 5 This combined approach is useful for confirming the diagnosis, differentiating an aldosteronoma from bilateral hyperplasia and allowing a unilateral surgical approach. In a . . .