Adrenal incidentaloma

M Sherlock, A Scarsbrook, A Abbas, S Fraser… - Endocrine …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
An adrenal incidentaloma is now established as a common endocrine diagnosis that
requires a multidisciplinary approach for effective management. The majority of patients can …

Measuring cortisol in serum, urine and saliva–are our assays good enough?

N El-Farhan, DA Rees, C Evans - Annals of clinical …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Cortisol is a steroid hormone produced in response to stress. It is essential for maintaining
health and wellbeing and leads to significant morbidity when deficient or present in excess …

Natural history of adrenal incidentalomas with and without mild autonomous cortisol excess: a systematic review and meta-analysis

YS Elhassan, F Alahdab, A Prete… - Annals of internal …, 2019 - acpjournals.org
Background: Adrenal incidentalomas are mostly benign nonfunctioning adrenal tumors
(NFATs) or adenomas causing mild autonomous cortisol excess (MACE), but their natural …

Cardiovascular events and mortality in patients with adrenal incidentalomas that are either non-secreting or associated with intermediate phenotype or subclinical …

G Di Dalmazi, V Vicennati, S Garelli… - The lancet Diabetes & …, 2014 - thelancet.com
Background Incidental discovery of adrenal masses has increased over the past few years.
Mild alterations in cortisol secretion without clinical signs of overt hypercortisolism …

AME position statement on adrenal incidentaloma

M Terzolo, A Stigliano, I Chiodini, P Loli… - European journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Objective To assess currently available evidence on adrenal incidentaloma and provide
recommendations for clinical practice. Design A panel of experts (appointed by the Italian …

The incidentally discovered adrenal mass

WF Young Jr - New England Journal of Medicine, 2007 - Mass Medical Soc
Foreword This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical
problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of …

The clinically inapparent adrenal mass: update in diagnosis and management

G Mansmann, J Lau, E Balk, M Rothberg… - Endocrine …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Clinically inapparent adrenal masses are incidentally detected after imaging studies
conducted for reasons other than the evaluation of the adrenal glands. They have frequently …

Prevalence of adrenal incidentaloma in a contemporary computerized tomography series

S Bovio, A Cataldi, G Reimondo, P Sperone… - Journal of …, 2006 - Springer
Adrenal incidentalomas, defined as masses discovered incidentally during imaging
investigation of non-adrenal disorders, have become a rather common finding in clinical …

The pathogenetic role of cortisol in the metabolic syndrome: a hypothesis

P Anagnostis, VG Athyros, K Tziomalos… - The Journal of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Context: The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of metabolic abnormalities that
increase the risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus and vascular disease. The common …

Prevalence and natural history of adrenal incidentalomas

L Barzon, N Sonino, F Fallo, G Palu… - European journal of …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Clinically silent adrenal masses discovered by imaging studies performed for unrelated
reasons, ie adrenal incidentalomas, have become a rather common finding in clinical …