Pearls & Oy-sters: Cerebral Microbleeds Caused by Adrenocortical Adenoma-Related Primary Aldosteronism

Neurology. 2021 May 18;96(20):960-962. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000011934. Epub 2021 Apr 7.

Authors

Sun Min Lee¹, Yong Jun Choi¹, Kihwang Lee¹, Hyeung Kyoo Kim¹, Jin-Sun Park¹, Yong Cheol Lim¹, Jang-Hee Kim¹, So Young Moon²

Affiliations

¹ From the Departments of Neurology (S.M.L., S.Y.M.), Endocrinology (Y.J.C.), Ophthalmology (K.L.), Thyroid Endocrinology Surgery (H.K.K.), Cardiology (J.-S.P.), Neurosurgery (Y.C.L.), and Pathology (J.-H.K.), Ajou University School of Medicine; and Department of Medical Sciences (S.M.L.), Graduate School of Ajou University, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
² From the Departments of Neurology (S.M.L., S.Y.M.), Endocrinology (Y.J.C.), Ophthalmology (K.L.), Thyroid Endocrinology Surgery (H.K.K.), Cardiology (J.-S.P.), Neurosurgery (Y.C.L.), and Pathology (J.-H.K.), Ajou University School of Medicine; and Department of Medical Sciences (S.M.L.), Graduate School of Ajou University, Suwon, Republic of Korea. [email protected].

PMID: 33827956
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000011934

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / blood
Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / complications
Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / surgery
Adrenalectomy
Adrenocortical Adenoma / blood
Adrenocortical Adenoma / complications
Adrenocortical Adenoma / diagnosis*
Adrenocortical Adenoma / surgery
Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
Basal Ganglia Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging
Basal Ganglia Hemorrhage / etiology
Cerebral Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging*
Cerebral Hemorrhage / etiology
Humans
Hyperaldosteronism / blood
Hyperaldosteronism / diagnosis*
Hypertension / drug therapy*
Hypertension / etiology
Hypokalemia / diagnosis
Hypokalemia / drug therapy
Hypokalemia / etiology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged

Substances

Antihypertensive Agents