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The importance of postoperative control: adrenal insufficiency after unilateral adrenalectomy for Conn’s syndrome. A case study
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Abstract
According to the current guidelines of the Polish Society of Hypertension on the management of primary aldosteronism (PA) associated with aldosterone-producing adenoma, the treatment of choice is unilateral laparoscopic adrenalectomy. Isolated deficiency of aldosterone after adrenalectomy for Conn’s syndrome is rare. The literature finds few reports on postoperative hypoaldosteronism requiring mineralocorticoid replacement. In this case study we present a patient who developed postoperative hypoaldosteronism.
Abstract
According to the current guidelines of the Polish Society of Hypertension on the management of primary aldosteronism (PA) associated with aldosterone-producing adenoma, the treatment of choice is unilateral laparoscopic adrenalectomy. Isolated deficiency of aldosterone after adrenalectomy for Conn’s syndrome is rare. The literature finds few reports on postoperative hypoaldosteronism requiring mineralocorticoid replacement. In this case study we present a patient who developed postoperative hypoaldosteronism.
Keywords
Conn’s syndrome, adrenalectomy, hypoaldosteronism, hyperkalaemia
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The importance of postoperative control: adrenal insufficiency after unilateral adrenalectomy for Conn’s syndrome. A case study
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Article type
Case report
Pages
73-74
Published online
2016-06-30
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686
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1959
DOI
10.5603/AH.2016.0012
Bibliographic record
Arterial Hypertension 2016;20(2):73-74.
Keywords
Conn’s syndrome
adrenalectomy
hypoaldosteronism
hyperkalaemia
Authors
Marta Sołtysiak
Paweł Sołtysiak
Anna Brzeska
Krystyna Widecka