Endocrine Abstracts

This study aimed at searching for malignancy in a group of 2300 patients with incidentally found adrenal tumours (1688 women and 612 men aged 11-87 years) registered at our Department of Endocrinology. The methods of investigation included clinical and imaging studies, hormonal assays and pathomorphological examinations in the patients treated by surgery. In 168 patients, aged 11 to 81 years, adrenocortical cancer was diagnosed ranging in diameter from 2.5 to 25.0 cm. In 7 pat...