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Bilateral Deoxycorticosterone‐Secreting Adrenocortical Adenoma
Author(s) -
Nitta Toshikazu,
Kumamoto Yoshiaki,
Itoh Naoki,
Tachiki Hitoshi,
Mikuma Naohito,
Tsukamoto Taiji,
Limura Osamu,
Shimamoto Kazuaki
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2042.1996.tb00583.x
Subject(s) - adrenocortical adenoma , medicine , corticosterone , adrenal adenoma , endocrinology , adenoma , adrenal gland , hormone
A case of a 58‐year‐old man with bilateral deoxycorticosterone (DOC)‐secreting adrenocortical adenoma is reported. Before surgery, plasma levels of DOC and corticosterone were markedly elevated, but both adrenal hormone levels normalized after the surgical removal of the bilateral adrenal tumors. The histologic examination revealed bilateral adrenocortical adenoma, but curiously, the tissue concentrations of DOC and corticosterone were elevated only in the right adrenal gland.