ea0073aep40 | Adrenal and Cardiovascular Endocrinology | ECE2021
Lewis Megan
, Ahmed M Gharib Ahmed
, Lambert Paul
Adrenal incidentalomata are a common finding on cross-sectional imaging of the abdomen. Further assessment is required to differentiate benign adrenal masses from adrenocortical carcinomas and hormone-secreting tumours. Phaeochromocytomas are rare catecholamine-secreting tumours arising from chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla. They classically present with symptoms and signs of catecholamine excess including headache, sweating, hypertension and tachycardia. However, with ...