ADRENAL CORTICAL ADENOMAS AND HYPERTENSION: A CLINICAL PATHOLOGIC ANALYSIS OF 690 CASES WITH MATCHED CONTBOLS AND A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
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RUSSELL, R PATTERSON M.D.; MASI, ALPONSE T. M.D., DR. P.H.; RICHTER, ELIHU D. M.D., M.P.H. Author Information
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In autopsy series with greater than 1000 patients, the reported prevalence of AI ranges from 1.05% to 8.7%.
“In the autopsy series with large patient numbers (series with greater than 1000 patients) (9-16), the reported prevalence of AI ranges from 1.05% (9) to 8.7% (10) (Table 1 (9-31)).”
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Russell et al. reported an overall prevalence of adrenal cortical adenomas (all sizes) of 1.73%, increasing to 3.03% in patients older than 20 years.
“They reported an overall prevalence of adrenal cortical adenomas (of all sizes) of 1.73%, increasing to 3.03% in patients older than 20 years (15).”
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- Authors
- RUSSELL, R. P., MASI, A. T., & RICHTER, E. D.
- Affiliations
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (US)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
- ORCID
- RICHTER, ELIHU D.
- Venue
- Medicine
- Published
- 1972-05
- Volume
- 51
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 211-225
- ISSN
- 0025-7974 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4319054004
- Cited by
- 67
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 1.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Medicine (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Adrenal Hormones and Disorders
- Keywords
- adrenal adenoma, hypertension, primary aldosteronism, aldosterone-producing adenoma
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