A computerized tomography (CT) scan combines a series of X-ray images taken from different angles around your body and uses computer processing to create cross-sectional images (slices) of the bones, blood vessels and soft tissues inside your body. CT scan images provide more-detailed information than plain X-rays do. If you have primary aldosteronism, your doctor will order a CT scan to determine if there is a benign tumor, called an adenoma, on one of your adrenal glands or if there are signs of hyperplasia.
CT scan
Index
- ACE inhibitor
- ACTH
- Adenoma
- Adrenal gland
- Adrenal Venous Sampling (AVS)
- Adrenalectomy
- Adrenocortical carcinoma
- Aldosterone
- Aldosterone synthase inhibitors
- Aldosterone-producing adenoma
- Aldosteronoma
- Amiloride
- Angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB)
- Atrial fibrilation
- Calcium channel blocker
- Cardiologist
- Cardiovascular
- Conn’s Syndrome
- Cortisol
- Cosyntropin
- CT scan
- Cushing’s Syndrome
- DASH diet
- Diabetes mellitus
- Diuretic
- Echocardiogram
- Ectopic tumor
- Edema
- Electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG)
- Endocrinologist
- Hypernatremia
- Hypokalemia
- Incidentaloma
- Inferior Vena Cava
- Interventional radiologist
- Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH)
- Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA)
- Myocardial infarction
- Nephrologist
- Renin
- Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS)
- Secondary aldosteronism
- Secondary hypertension
- Sensitivity
- Sleep apnea
- Specificity