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  • What is PA?
    • PA Is an Endocrine Disease
    • PA Has Various Subtypes
    • Do I Have PA?
    • PA is Under-Diagnosed
    • PA is Under-Treated
    • PA is Under-Researched
  • How is PA Diagnosed?
    • Who Should Be Tested for PA?
    • STEP 1: Aldosterone Renin Ratio (ARR)
    • STEP 2: Confirmatory Testing
    • STEP 3: CT Scan
    • STEP 4: Adrenal Venous Sampling
    • PA Differential Diagnoses
  • How is PA Treated?
    • Medical Option
    • Surgical Option
    • Treatment of Familial Forms
  • Living with PA
    • Blood Pressure Monitoring
    • Managing Your Medical Tests
    • Lifestyle Adjustments
    • PA and COVID-19
    • Patient Support
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    • US NIH Research Program
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Glossary

Incidentaloma

An adrenal incidentaloma is an asymptomatic adrenal tumor that is discovered on an imaging test (CT scan, MRI, etc.) which was ordered to evaluate a problem that is unrelated to adrenal disease. This definition does not include patients undergoing imaging procedures as a part of a workup or follow-up for cancer.

Index

ACE inhibitor
ACTH
Adenoma
Adrenal gland
Adrenal Venous Sampling (AVS)
Adrenalectomy
Adrenocortical carcinoma
Aldosterone
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

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