Endocrine Abstracts

Background: The increase use of abdominal imaging have given rise in incidental discovery of adrenal masses. We report a case of a localized Castleman’s Disease(CD), mimicking an adrenal mass.Case report: A 29-year-old woman was found to have a 6 cm, well-circumscribed and hypoechoic, right adrenal incidentaloma during an abdominopelvic ultrasonography. The CT scan confirmed a suprarenal mass with heterogenous contrast enhancement. Adrenal gland cou...

Background: Limited information exists on postoperative hypocortisolism and hypothalamuspituitary-adrenal axis recovery in patients with adrenal incidentaloma following unilateral adrenalectomy. We evaluated frequency of postoperative hypocortisolism and predictors for recovery in non-aldosterone- producing adrenocortical adenoma patients after unilateral adrenalectomy.Methods: A retrospective analysis of 32 adrenal incidentaloma patients originally incl...