ea0009p102 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | BES2005
Jatyasena C
, Meeran K
, Devendra D
It is now well established that unilateral autonomous aldosterone secreting tumour (AST) in contrast to bilateral adrenal hyperplasia (BAH) - are corrected by surgery. The optimal method of pre-operatively defining a unilateral autonomous AST still remains controversial. There is agreement that adrenal scanning techniques are often unreliable or misleading. The aim of the current study was to analyse if a random aldosterone:renin (AR) ratio (after stopping anti-hypertensive me...