Aldosterone deficiency after unilateral adrenalectomy for Conn’s syndrome: a case report and literature review
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Approximately 35% of cases of Conn's syndrome (primary aldosteronism) result from a solitary functioning adrenal adenoma, and these patients are best managed by adrenalectomy. Postoperative hypoaldosteronism after unilateral adrenalectomy is uncommon. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a case and literature review of hypoaldosteronism after unilateral adrenalectomy for Conn's syndrome, which demonstrates the insidious and sometimes delayed presentation. DISCUSSION: In this clinical case we summarize the previously published cases of post-adrenalectomy hypoaldosteronism based on a PUBMED and EBSCOhost search of all peer-reviewed publications (original articles and reviews) on this topic. A few cases of aldosterone insufficiency post-adrenalectomy for Conn's syndrome were identified. The etiological factors for prolonged selective suppression of aldosterone secretion after unilateral adrenalectomy remain unclear. CONCLUSION: It is important to be aware of the risk of postoperative hypoaldosteronism in this patient population. Close postoperative follow-up is necessary and strongly recommended, especially in patients with certain risk factors. Patients may need mineralocorticoid supplementation during this period.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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