Adrenal gland disease What to check

Adrenal disease examination, there are the following: first, aldosteronism, need to check blood biochemistry, urine routine, and then to carry out blood sodium, potassium and other laboratory tests. Second, cortisol syndrome, mainly to carry out hematuria cortisol level determination, most patients hematuria cortisol and urine 17-hydroxycorticosteroid determination level, and then plasma adrenocorticotropin and related indicators determination, generally are the application of radioimmunoassay to determine. In addition, to carry out adrenocorticotropic hormone excitation experiment, can determine the reserve function of adrenal cortex secretion cortisol. Third, pheochromocytoma to carry out 24 hours urine catecholamine content determination, drug inhibition test and drug excitation test. Fourth, suspected chronic adrenal cortical hypofunction, need to carry out X-ray examination, to exclude some diseases of the lungs, need to carry out basal metabolic rate, urine routine, blood routine, electrolytes and electrocardiogram and other examinations. V. Others, such as abdominal plain film and adrenal CT scan, mainly to see if there is any adrenal tumor disease.