Endocrine Abstracts

Background and study aims: Increased aldosterone production in the adrenal gland plays a role in many hypertensive patients. Structural changes of the zona glomerulosa with age in normotensive patients have been described in literature but the influence of aging on aldosterone secretion and physiology is unclear. The aim of this study is to investigate changes in the ZG in order to gain insight in the origin, development and definition of aldosterone producing cell clusters (A...

Introduction & Objectives: A laparoscopic radical adrenalectomy is the standard treatment option for unilateral primary aldosteronism. Partial adrenalectomy for solitary adenomas has been suggested to be feasible and adrenal cortex-sparing. However, solitary adenomas may be rare. The purpose of this study was to assess whether partial adrenalectomy in patients with a seemingly solitary adenoma might be worthwhile by relating perioperative imaging to pathologic findings of ...