Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
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Case Reports
A case of unilateral adrenal hyperplasia: the diagnostic dilemma of hyperaldosteronism.
To report the successful laparoscopic surgical management of a case of right unilateral adrenal hyperplasia. ⋯ This rare type of hyperaldosteronism, known as unilateral adrenal hyperplasia, is difficult to categorize not only because it fails to typify a conventional subtype but also because it is difficult to confirm the pathologic diagnosis. Recognition of the variety of provocative, biochemical, and imaging results that may be seen in this disorder is important in making the correct diagnosis. Determining unilaterality of disease by selective adrenal vein sampling can result in a cure of hypertension and hypokalemia by surgical resection.