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ea0065p19 | Adrenal and Cardiovascular | SFEBES2019

Support for adopting a pragmatic approach to adrenal incidentalomas

Lim Yen Theen , Sulkin Thomas , Browne Duncan

Background: Adrenal incidentalomas are discovered unexpectedly and with increasing frequency on cross-sectional imaging acquired for reasons unrelated to adrenal dysfunction. Whilst the majority are non-functioning, literature suggests there is an increased risk of malignancy for adrenal incidentalomas above 4 cm. American guidelines advising resection of all incidentalomas above 4 cm were established without strong evidence whilst European guidelines adopt a more pragmatic ap...