ea0032p14 | Adrenal cortex | ECE2013
Volpe Cristina
, Hoog Anders
, Ogishima Tadashi
, Mukai Kuniaki
, Hamberger Beril
, Thoren Marja
Background: Among patients diagnosed with primary aldosteronism (PA) due to an aldosterone producing adenoma (APA), about 10% fail to normalize aldosterone hypersecretion after unilateral adrenalectomy, and may instead have bilateral aldosterone producing hyperplasia. With routine histopathology it may be difficult to distinguish between APA and hyperplasia. We have recently reported the use of specific antibodies to identify the source of aldosterone excess in the removed adr...