Aldosterone is a hormone that helps regulate sodium and potassium levels in the blood. Hyperaldosteronism and hypoaldosteronism are conditions involving abnormal aldosterone levels. The adrenal ...

Management of classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) can be a lifelong balancing act, but the most feared life-threatening complication is an acute adrenal insufficiency, also known as an ...

Conn's syndrome: This condition occurs when adrenal tumor secretes aldosterone. Signs and symptoms include low potassium levels, high blood pressure, headache, fatigue and muscle weakness.

Aldosterone is a salt-retaining hormone secreted by the zona glomerulosa layer of the adrenal cortex. It is secreted primarily in response to the effect of renin via angiotensin II, although pituitary ...

Addison’s disease: This rare autoimmune disease develops when your adrenal glands don’t produce enough cortisol or aldosterone. This is a self-destructive disease, in which your own immune ...

Fleetwood V, Ling G, Mosman A, Lentine K. Aldosterone-secreting adrenal adenomas in the kidney transplant population: underdiagnosed and important. Presented at: ATC 2023; June 3-7, San Diego ...

Primary aldosteronism was first described by Jerome Conn in 1955 in a patient with an aldosterone-producing adrenal adenoma. It’s now a widely recognized cause of secondary hypertension.

An estimated 70 percent of adrenal carcinomas are functioning, producing hormones such as cortisol, androgens (like testosterone), estrogen, or aldosterone. [5] ...