[Use of echography for diagnosing aldosteromas].

Altogether 23 patients were examined to assess the value of echography in the diagnosis of aldosteromas. Tumors were diagnosed at operation in 21 (2 malignant tumors) and adrenal hyperplasia in 2. The accuracy of diagnosis with regard to the presence or absence of aldosteromas was 82.6%. An analysis of the causes of erroneous results showed that they were noted in small size formations less than 2 cm in diameter, in corpulent patients and in the left-side tumor site due to more complicated anatomotopographic interrelationships of the organs in this area.