Radiology of the adrenal incidentalomas. Review of the literature.

Radiology of the adrenal incidentalomas. Review of the literature. Endocr Regul. 2017 Jan 01;51(1):35-51 Authors: Farrugia FA, Martikos G, Surgeon C, Tzanetis P, Misiakos E, Zavras N, Charalampopoulos A Abstract The term "adrenal incidentaloma" is a radiological term. Adrenal incidentalomas are adrenal tumors discovered in an imaging study that has been obtained for indications exclusive to adrenal conditions (Udelsman 2001; Linos 2003; Bulow et al. 2006; Anagnostis et al. 2009). This definition excludes patients undergoing imaging testing as part of staging and work-up for cancer (Grumbach et al. 2003; Anagnostis et al. 2009). Papierska et al. (2013) have added the prerequisite that the size of a tumor must be "greater than 1cm in diameter", in order to be called incidentaloma. Although in the most cases these masses are non-hypersecreting and benign, they still represent an important clinical concern because of the risk of malignancy or hormone hyperfunction (Barzon et al. 2003). Th e adrenal tumors belong to the commonest incidental findings having been discovered (Kanagarajah et al. 2012). PMID: 28222025 [PubMed - in process]
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