Affiliation:
1. Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
Abstract
Purpose: To evaluate adequate criteria for adrenal vein sampling values in patients with aldosterone producing adrenal adenoma (APA), retrospectively. Material and Methods: Between 1988 and 2002, 59 hypertensive patients (15 M and 44 F, aged 47.58±9.45 years) were referred to our hospital and diagnosed with APA based on established criteria. During the same period, 23 patients with non-functioning adrenal adenoma (11 M and 12 F aged 53.56±11.76 years) were diagnosed based on computed tomography and laboratory data. Results: All 82 patients were enrolled in the present study. Bilateral adrenal vein sampling (AVS) for measurement of plasma aldosterone (A) and cortisol (C) was performed, and a receiver operating characteristics (ROC) analysis was conducted to establish the best criteria from the AVS-derived index in patients with APA. A (APA side)/A (contralateral side) was confirmed to provide the best diagnostic accuracy {(>2.5: right APA, sensitivity 83.3%, specificity 79.5%), (>3: left APA, sensitivity 84.2%, specificity 76.9)}. The Az values for A (APA side)/A (contralateral side) were 0.8948 and 0.9260 for right and left APA, respectively. Conclusion: The A (APA side)/A (contralateral side) value was the best compromise for sensitivity and false-positive rate for lateralization of APA.
Subject
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging,General Medicine,Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
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