| Autor: |
Farrugia FA, Martikos G, Surgeon C, Tzanetis P, Misiakos E, Zavras N, Charalampopoulos A |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Endocrine regulations [Endocr Regul] 2017 Jan 01; Vol. 51 (1), pp. 35-51. |
| DOI: |
10.1515/enr-2017-0005 |
| Abstrakt: |
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). |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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