Primary hyperaldosteronism–evaluation of procedures for diagnosis and localization

• Published in: QJM : An International Journal of Medicine Vol. 86; no. 6; pp. 383 - 392
• Main Authors: HAMBLING, C., JUNG, R.T., BROWNING, M.C.K., GUNN, A., ANDERSON, J.M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 01.06.1993

We have reviewed the clinical, investigative and pathological findings in 16 patients with primary hyperaldosteronism, 6 with idiopathic adrenal hyperplasia and 10 with an aldosterone-producing adenoma. The ratio of serum aldosterone to plasma renin activity was >1 1400 pmol/μg/l/h in all patient...