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ea0016p3 | Adrenal | ECE2008

Frequency of adrenal tumor in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Hiroi Naoki , Yoshihara Aya , Sue Mariko , Higa Mariko , Hiroi Mayumi , Ichijo Takamasa , Yoshino Gen

Introduction: It is known that many patients with adrenal incidentaloma display altered glucose tolerance. However, to our knowledge, we have no reports of the frequency of adrenal tumor in Japanese type 2 diabetic patients. We investigated the frequency of adrenal tumor in these patients.Subjects: We evaluated the presence of adrenal tumor in 245 Japanese type 2 diabetic patients (mean age 60.8±13.4 years). The patients who were diagnosed malignant...