Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
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Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. · Aug 1991
Case ReportsPrimary hyperaldosteronism due to a functional black (pigmented) adenoma of the adrenal cortex.
The clinical and pathologic findings are reported in a case of primary hyperaldosteronism due to a functional black (pigmented) adenoma of the adrenal cortex. Cortical atrophy of the involved gland was present, the mechanism of which was obscure.