A Case of Aldosteronoma / 대한비뇨기과학회지

ABSTRACT

Primary aldosteronism, characterized by hypertension, hypokalemia and hyperaldosteronemia caused by chronic overproduction of aldosterone independent of normal renin-angiotensin system, due to aldosteronoma, or to bilateral cortical nodular hyperplasia, or to adrenal carcinoma rarely. We report a case of left adrenal adenoma which was diagnosed by classic clinical symptoms, laboratory data, adrenal venography and abdominal computerized tomography. We performed left adrenalectomy with subcostal transperitoneal approach, and then blood pressure and laboratory data were normalized postoperatively.