Isolated production of aldosterone by a malignant adrenal carcinoma.

A 45-year-old female developed hypertension and hypokalemia. Elevated plasma aldosterone and suppressed plasma renin levels were measured with no evidence for glucocorticoid or androgen abnormalities. A left adrenal tumor was removed that showed histologic criteria for malignancy. It is commonly tau...

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Autores principales: Levine, D. S., Fischer, D. G., Forman, B. H.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 1984
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2589781/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6537692
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author Levine, D. S.
Fischer, D. G.
Forman, B. H.
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description A 45-year-old female developed hypertension and hypokalemia. Elevated plasma aldosterone and suppressed plasma renin levels were measured with no evidence for glucocorticoid or androgen abnormalities. A left adrenal tumor was removed that showed histologic criteria for malignancy. It is commonly taught that malignant adrenal tumors are recognized by their multiple hormone production. However, isolated aldosterone production by a carcinoma can occur and requires close follow-up observation and therapy for this highly malignant tumor.
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spelling pubmed-25897812008-11-28 Isolated production of aldosterone by a malignant adrenal carcinoma. Levine, D. S. Fischer, D. G. Forman, B. H. Yale J Biol Med Research Article A 45-year-old female developed hypertension and hypokalemia. Elevated plasma aldosterone and suppressed plasma renin levels were measured with no evidence for glucocorticoid or androgen abnormalities. A left adrenal tumor was removed that showed histologic criteria for malignancy. It is commonly taught that malignant adrenal tumors are recognized by their multiple hormone production. However, isolated aldosterone production by a carcinoma can occur and requires close follow-up observation and therapy for this highly malignant tumor. Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 1984 /pmc/articles/PMC2589781/ /pubmed/6537692 Text en
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Isolated production of aldosterone by a malignant adrenal carcinoma.
title Isolated production of aldosterone by a malignant adrenal carcinoma.
title_full Isolated production of aldosterone by a malignant adrenal carcinoma.
title_fullStr Isolated production of aldosterone by a malignant adrenal carcinoma.
title_full_unstemmed Isolated production of aldosterone by a malignant adrenal carcinoma.
title_short Isolated production of aldosterone by a malignant adrenal carcinoma.
title_sort isolated production of aldosterone by a malignant adrenal carcinoma.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6537692
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