Endocrine Abstracts

Adrenal cortex scintigraphy has been used as early as in the 1970s, however, in recent years, it has been a rarely performed and unappreciated examination. In fact, this examination does not provide a perfect view on morphology of adrenal glands, however it provides an assessment of the examined tumor’s function. The aim of this work is to present our experience with adrenal cortex scintigraphy in assessment of adrenal tumors.We present a series of ...

Introduction: Adrenal medullary hyperplasia (AMH) is a rare syndrome of catecholamine excess. Adrenal overgrowth is usually bilateral. Due to similar clinical signs, laboratory results and radiological adrenal picture, AMH can be misdiagnosed as pheochromocytoma. The only method that allows determining a proper diagnosis of AMH is pathologic examination. It is regarded as a precursor of pheochromocytoma and has been reported as a component of MEN2.Aim: T...

Objective: According to some authors a higher incidence of subclinical hypercortisolaemia is found among patients with bilateral adrenal tumors with benign phenotype than with unilateral ones. The question is whether all patients with bilateral adrenal tumors and subclinical hypercortisolemia should undergo surgery and, if yes, which of the tumors should be removed first.Patients and methods: The investigated group consisted of 25 patients with benign bi...

Diagnostic procedures reveal that majority of incidentally found adrenal tumours (adrenal incidentalomas, AI) appear to be benign adenomas. However, AI accompanying malignant tumours must be diagnosed very carefully to take a proper decision concerning their management. In the registry of the Department of Endocrinology in Warsaw, there are 1888 patients (1388 women, 500 men, F/M ratio 2.8) with AI, 10–87 years old. Primary malignant tumours were diagnosed in 155 patients...

In the last 18 years 1710 patients with incidentally found adrenal tumours=adrenal incidentalomas (AI), 1300 women (F/M=2.8), aged 10–87 years, were registered at our department. In 338 of them (20%) bilateral tumours were detected. This study aimed at analyzing character of bilateral tumours and defining methods of their management. The size: 1.0–13 cm (in the group of 1710 patients: 1.0–23 cm) most of them up to 3.5 cm. Hormonal and imaging studies were perfor...

It is generally believed that frequency of incidentally found adrenal tumours (adrenal incidentaloma(AI)) increases with age. Our study aimed at an analysis of age patterns in our group of patients with AI.Design: Material: 2650 patients, 1943 womens, 707 men. The diagnostic basis: clinical examination, imaging studies, hormonal determinations, pathomorphological and cytochemical investigations of the surgically removed 755 adrenal tumours. The material ...

Objective: Incidentally found adrenal tumour (adrenal incidentaloma = AI) is the most frequent adrenal disorder. Every patient with AI has to be evaluated carefully to choose the best method of management. We present our experience with a group of 1300 patients with AI, registered at our department.Material and methods: Material consisted of 1300 patients (female/male ratio 2.6, age 10–87 years) with AI ranging in size from 0.8 to 23.0 cm. Methods: ...