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Explain of Endocrine Pathology

49.Adrenal gland, cortical adenoma with Conn's syndrome, gross

Here is a 1.3 cm left adrenal adenoma found in a patient with hypertension. She had hypokalemia on a routine chemistry panel. Further workup revealed a high serum aldosterone and a low serum renin, findings consistent with an aldosterone secreting adrenal adenoma (Conn's syndrome). This lesion accounts for about two-thirds of cases of primary hyperaldosteronism (PHA), while bilateral adrenal hyperplasia accounts for about 30% of PHA. Such adenomas are typically less than 2 cm in size and yellow on cut surface.

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