We received an urgent consult request this week to see a young woman with an adrenal mass. She had rapid onset of weight gain, increased hunger, purple striae, increased abdominal girth and mood ...

HOW TO TAKE THE POST-TEST: To obtain CME credit, please click here after reading the article to take the post-test on myCME.com. Adrenal glands are small paired retroperitoneal organs that are ...

A recent report examined the prevalence and nature of adrenal masses that were identified incidentally on computed tomography (CT) in patients with no known malignancy. [1] A computer search of the ...

The incidental discovery of adrenal masses during modern diagnostic imaging is a common occurrence. These masses form part of a long differential diagnostic list; most often, they are benign adrenal ...

There were no significant differences in prevalence or incidence of type 2 diabetes between patients with an adrenal mass with autonomous cortisol secretion (ACS) and those with a nonfunctioning ...

The vast majority of incidentally found adrenal masses identified in CT scans in patients without known malignancy are benign. 1,045 of the 1,049 adrenal masses were confirmed to be benign and ...

Using a simple urine test alongside routine imaging for patients with adrenal masses could speed up adrenal cancer diagnosis, improving patient’s prognosis and reducing the need for invasive ...

Background A 50-year-old woman who was complaining of abdominal pain was referred to the endocrine clinic after a small (0.8 cm by 0.8 cm) mass was found in her right adrenal gland on CT examination ...

Incidental adrenal masses seen on abdominal CT scans of low-risk patients are almost always benign and do not need any imaging follow-up, according to a large study of patients. This finding is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The endocrine consult service obtained additional history. She was told she had an adrenal nodule several years ...

Instead, the vast majority of these lipid-poor adenomas can be characterized employing a CT washout study. This imaging methodology quantitates loss of contrast enhancement by a lesion and thus ...