INVESTIGATION AND TREATMENT OF ADRENAL INCIDENTALOMAS

In this article we discuss the most important causes of the adrenal incidentalomas (IA) emphasizing the prevalence, etiologies and clinical, radiology and hormonal patterns which support the management of these lesions. We present the characteristics of the most common lesions and the diagnostic str...

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Authors: Vaz, Eleci, Czepielewski, Mauro Antonio
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2022
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Repository:Clinical and Biomedical Research
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/126258
Online Access:https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/hcpa/article/view/126258
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Incidentalomas adrenais
tumores adrenais
feocromocitoma
hiperaldosteronismo
síndrome de Cushing
metástases adrenais
Adrenal incidentaloma
adrenal tumors
hyperaldosteronism
Cushing´s syndrome
adrenal metastasis
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Summary:In this article we discuss the most important causes of the adrenal incidentalomas (IA) emphasizing the prevalence, etiologies and clinical, radiology and hormonal patterns which support the management of these lesions. We present the characteristics of the most common lesions and the diagnostic strategies with better accuracy. Based in the literature and the our experience we propose a standard diagnostic and treatment approach for the IA, avoiding expensive investigations and unnecessary or catastrophic surgical treatment.