Open AccessAdrenal hypersecretion
Author(s) -
Bandula Wijesiriwardene,
Deepthi C. de Silva
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
ceylon medical journal/the ceylon medical journal
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2386-1274
pISSN - 0009-0875
DOI - 10.4038/cmj.v52i3.971
Subject(s) - ceylon , medicine , medical journal , sri lanka , relevance (law) , family medicine , alternative medicine , library science , public health , medical education , pathology , law , political science , socioeconomics , computer science , sociology , tanzania , programming language
Hypersecretion from the adrenal glands is associated with hypertension. Causes include Conn syndrome, Cushing syndrome and phaechromocytoma. This article discusses their clinical features, diagnosis and treatment as well as the management of incidentally identified adrenal tumours (incidentaloma).