RT Book, Section A1 Doherty, Gerard M. SR Print(0) ID 58091805 T1 Aldosteronoma (Primary Hyperaldosteronism) T2 Quick Answers Surgery YR 2010 FD 2010 PB The McGraw-Hill Companies PP New York, NY SN LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58091805 RD 2024/03/29 AB • Hypertension with or without hypokalemia• Elevated aldosterone secretion and suppressed plasma renin activity• Metabolic alkalosis, relative hypernatremia• Weakness, polyuria, paresthesias, tetany, cramps due to hypokalemia• Common subtypes of primary hyperaldosteronism: aldosteronoma (75%) and bilateral adrenal hyperplasia (25%)• Rare subtypes of primary hyperaldosteronism: unilateral primary adrenal hyperplasia, aldosterone producing adrenocortical carcinoma, glucocorticoid-remediable hyperaldosteronism (familial hyperaldosteronism type 1)