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Here, we present a case of a 25-year Chinese female who was diagnosed with non-functional adrenocortical adenoma containing myelolipoma with hypertension as the only symptom. Serum levels of cortisol, aldosterone, angiotensin I/II and renin activity were normal. Myelolipoma is a benign,
The discovery of an asymptomatic adrenal mass (incidentaloma) during the investigation of an unrelated condition is relatively common. In this study, we report the clinical, radiologic, and endocrine evaluation of 38 patients (22 women and 16 men aged 24 to 84 years) with adrenal incidentaloma
BACKGROUND
The growing use of sensitive non-invasive methods to image the abdomen such as ultrasonography, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), have resulted in increasing recognition of adrenal incidentalomas.
METHODS
In this study, we report the clinical, endocrine and
BACKGROUND
Adrenal incidentalomas (AIs) constitute an emerging clinical entity due to the increased use of abdominal imaging for diagnostic purposes. Most often it consists of benign-nonfunctioning lesions and an increase in size during follow-up is reported in about 9% (0-26%), whereas their