Lateralizing Asymmetry of Adrenal Imaging and Adrenal Vein Sampling in Patients With Primary Aldosteronism.

Norio WadaYui ShibayamaTakashi YonedaTakuyuki KatabamiIsao KuriharaMika TsuikiTakamasa IchijoYoshihiro OgawaJunji KawashimaMasakatsu SoneTakanobu YoshimotoYuichi MatsudaMegumi FujitaHiroki KobayashiKouichi TamuraKohei KamemuraMichio OtsukiShintaro OkamuraMitsuhide Narusenull null

Published in: Journal of the Endocrine Society (2019)

These results suggest aldosterone-producing adenomas and nonfunctioning tumors are more likely to develop on the left side in patients with PA and that misdiagnosis of CT-based lateralization may occur more frequently on the left side.

Keyphrases

high resolution
computed tomography
image quality
dual energy
contrast enhanced
angiotensin ii
magnetic resonance imaging
positron emission tomography
mass spectrometry
fluorescence imaging
pet ct