Incidentalomas adrenales

  1. C. Guillín 1
  2. I. Bernabeu 1
  3. I.A. Rodríguez-Gómez 2
  4. F.F. Casanueva 1
  1. 1 Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago
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    Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago

    Santiago de Compostela, España

    ROR https://ror.org/00mpdg388

  2. 2 Unidad de Endocrinología y Nutrición. Hospital HM Modelo. La Coruña. España
Journal:
Medicine: Programa de Formación Médica Continuada Acreditado

ISSN: 0304-5412

Year of publication: 2016

Issue Title: Enfermedades endocrinológicas y metabólicas (II) Patología suprarrenal

Series: 12

Issue: 14

Pages: 811-815

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1016/J.MED.2016.06.015 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

More publications in: Medicine: Programa de Formación Médica Continuada Acreditado

Abstract

Introduction Adrenal incidentalomas are adrenal masses greater than 1 cm, which are discovered in the context of an imaging test requested for another reason. History and clinical examination Usually patients whith adrenal incidentalomas are asymptomatic at diagnosis. Most masses are benign adenomas (70% nonfunctioning), and more rarely pheochromocytomas, or metastatic carcinomas. Evaluation It is necessary to determine whether the incidentaloma is a functioning mass, as well as its probability of malignancy, depending on the biochemical and imaging results, respectively. Treatment Treatment of choice in functioning, large and / or growing masses is surgery. Imaging and biochemical monitoring is indicated for the rest of the cases.

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