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ea0041ep18 | Adrenal cortex (to include Cushing's) | ECE2016

Carotid intima-media thickness as the cardiometabolic risk indicator in patients with nonfunctional adrenal mass and metabolic syndrome screening

Akkus Gamze , Tetiker Tamer , Deniz Ali , Evran Mehtap , Sert Murat

Objective: Nonfunctional adrenal masses are a risk indicator of increased cardiometabolic risk. Especially; increased thrombogenic ambient, insulin resistance, hepatosteatosis and abdominal obesity are determined in these patients with nonfunctional adrenal masses. Our purpose was to show the association of adrenal incidentalome and metabolic syndrome in consideration of the studies and to detect the increase in the carotid intima-media thickness which is regarded as the prece...