Pignatelli D, Falcão H, Coimbra-Peixoto A, Cruz F
Department of Endocrinology, Hospital de S. João, Porto, Portugal.
South Med J. 1994 Jun;87(6):664-7. doi: 10.1097/00007611-199406000-00017.
A case of unilateral primary adrenal hyperplasia, without concomitant hypokalemia, is presented. After surgical removal of the gland, a complete remission occurred. This rare condition may, in fact, be more frequent than thought as it can coexist with normokalemia. We postulate that it is probably a new phase of the transformation between hyperplasia and adenomas that can also occur in the adrenal cortex similar to such transformations in other endocrine organs.
本文报告一例无伴发低钾血症的单侧原发性肾上腺增生病例。手术切除肾上腺后,病情完全缓解。这种罕见病症实际上可能比我们认为的更为常见,因为它可与血钾正常同时存在。我们推测,这可能是增生与腺瘤之间转化的一个新阶段,这种转化在肾上腺皮质中也会发生,类似于其他内分泌器官中的此类转化。