KES
Articles
- Page Path
- HOME > Endocrinol Metab > Volume 20(5); 2005 > Article
- Case Report A Case Of Transient Hyporeninemic Hypoaldosteronism After Unilateral Adrenalrectomy for Aldosterone-Producing Adenoma.
- Jungho Suh, Gwanpyo Koh, Keun Yong Park, Jongwook Hong, Suk Chon, Seungjoon Oh, Jeong taek Woo, Sung Woon Kim, Jin Woo Kim, Young Seol Kim
-
Endocrinology and Metabolism 2005;20(5):502-506
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3803/jkes.2005.20.5.502
Published online: October 1, 2005
- 2,044 Views
- 31 Download
- 1 Crossref
- 0 Scopus
2Research Institute of Endocrinology, Kyung Hee university College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
3Department of Endocrinology, College of Medicine, Konyang University, Daejeon, Korea.
Abstract
Primary aldosteronism is due to either a unilateral adrenal adenoma or bilateral hyperplasia of the adrenal cortex in most cases. A unilateral adrenalectomy in hypertensive and hypokalemic patients, with a well-documented adrenal adenoma, is usually followed by the correction of hypokalemia in all subjects, with the cure of hypertension in 60 to 87% of patients. Here, a unique case, in which a unilateral adrenalectomy for the removal of an adrenal adenoma was followed by severe hyperkalemia, low levels of plasma renin activity and serum aldosterone, suggestive of chronic suppression of the renin-aldosterone axis, is reported. In a follow-up Lasix stimulation test on the 70th day after surgery, the suppression of the renin-aldosterone axis was resolved, indicating the suppression was transient. Patients undergoing a unilateral adrenalectomy for an aldosterone-producing adenoma should be closely followed up to avoid severe hyperkalemia.
Cite- Related articles
-
