Short report
Recurrence of adrenal aldosterone-producing adenoma
José María Calvo-Romero, Juan Lucio Ramos-Salado
Infanta Cristina
University Hospital, Badajoz, Spain
Correspondence to: José María Calvo Romero, Héroes de Cascorro 9, 3°A, 06004 Badajoz, Spain
Submitted 6 July 1999;
Accepted 13 August 1999
Conn's syndrome (adrenal aldosterone-producing adenoma) and
bilateral adrenal hyperplasia are the most common causes of primary aldosteronism. The treatment of choice for patients with
aldosterone-producing adenoma is unilateral total adrenalectomy.
Recurrence after adequate surgery is exceptional. We present a patient
with recurrence of an aldosterone-producing adenoma in the right
adrenal gland 9 years after adenomectomy of a aldosterone-producing
adenoma in the same adrenal gland. We conclude that adenomectomy is not
an adequate therapy for patients with adrenal aldosterone-producing adenoma.
Keywords: aldosteronism; adenoma; Conn's syndrome; adrenomectomy
© 2000 by The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
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