Endocrine Abstracts

Background: The gradual increase in the detection rate of adrenal incidentalomas makes them a common clinical problem. The vast majority of them are benign adrenocortical adenomas. Nevertheless every patient with adrenal incidentaloma requires performing number of tests to exclude pheochromocytoma, autonomous cortisol secretion, adrenal carcinoma and primary hyperaldosteronism. Evaluation of whether adrenal incidentalomas are malignant or functional and continuing patient foll...