Abstract
The article presents the analysis of renin–angiotensin system and content precursor of aldosterone and their metabolites, investigated by methods of high-performance liquid chromatography and gas chromatography – mass-spectrometry in 49 patients with pheochromocytoma (РНЕО) and 28 patients with non-active adenoma of the adrenal cortex and 26 healthy people. In the group of patients with PHEO the increased blood levels оf aldosterone and urine excretion of 18-hydroxycorticosterone, tetrahydrocorticosterone and it 5-α form were obtained. These patients had features of hyporeninemic and hyperreninemic hyperaldosteronism. Positive correlations of urinary excretion of free normetanephrine with blood aldosterone, renin, corticosterone and 18-hydroxycorticosterone suggest the relationship between adrenal cortex and medulla.
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