Difference between revisions of "Spironolactone bodies"

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*Spironolactone is a commonly used anti-hypertensive medication.<ref name=pmid25108298>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Patel | first1 = KA. | last2 = Calomeni | first2 = EP. | last3 = Nadasdy | first3 = T. | last4 = Zynger | first4 = DL. | title = Adrenal gland inclusions in patients treated with aldosterone antagonists (Spironolactone/Eplerenone): incidence, morphology, and ultrastructural findings. | journal = Diagn Pathol | volume = 9 | issue = 1 | pages = 147 | month = Aug | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1186/1746-1596-9-147 | PMID = 25108298 }}</ref>
*Aldosterone antagonist.
*Commonly used anti-hypertensive medication.<ref name=pmid25108298>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Patel | first1 = KA. | last2 = Calomeni | first2 = EP. | last3 = Nadasdy | first3 = T. | last4 = Zynger | first4 = DL. | title = Adrenal gland inclusions in patients treated with aldosterone antagonists (Spironolactone/Eplerenone): incidence, morphology, and ultrastructural findings. | journal = Diagn Pathol | volume = 9 | issue = 1 | pages = 147 | month = Aug | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1186/1746-1596-9-147 | PMID = 25108298 }}</ref>
*May be used to treat hypertension due to primary hyperaldosteronism due to adrenal pathology such as an aldosterone producing hyperplasia or adenoma.
*Other uses include treatment of adult acne harnessing an antiandrogenic activity.


==Microscopic==
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