Prevalence of Arterial Hypertension with Space-Occupying Lesions of Adrenal Glands of Various Origins According to Appealability Data

Abstract

For the period from 2003 to 2008, in RSSPMC of Endocrinology of Republic of Uzbekistan RSSPMC Endocrinology of Republic of Uzbekistan (Tashkent) there were hospitalized 27 patients with arterial hypertension and various space-occupying lesions of the adrenal glands: corticosteroma (n = 5), aldosteroma (n = 4), pheochromocytoma (n = 1), adrenal incidentalomas (n = 5), adrenal hyperplasia (n = 12). Left-sided localization of the process was the most common — 15 (55.6 %) cases. In examined patients the following complications were most common: hypertension syndrome — 24 (88.9 %), discirculatory encephalopathy — 13 (48.1 %), obesity — 4 (14.8 %), diffuse osteoporosis — 3 (11.1 %).

Keywords

• adrenal tumors
• arterial hypertension