ea0029p36 | Adrenal cortex | ICEECE2012
Omura M.
, Makita K.
, Matsui S.
, Inoue J.
, Nagata M.
, Yamaguchi K.
, Kakuta Y.
, Matsuzawa Y.
, Saito J.
, Nishikawa T.
Introduction: Primary aldosteronism (PA) is one of the common diseases, and aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA) is a surgically curable type, which is usually treated by unilateral total adrenalectomy. We had recently developed a new method of supper-selective ACTH-stimulated adrenal venous sampling (SS-ACTH-AVS) for exactly detecting the main lesion(s) of hyperaldosteronemia. Then we attempted to partially remove the unilateral lesion of hyperaldosteronism detected by SS-ACTH...