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Should the monitoring protocols for adrenal incidentalomas be changed?

[adrenal incidentaloma]

The prevalence of adrenal incidentalomas is increasing with the aging of the population and the use of high resolution imaging technics. Current protocols propose a comprehensive monitoring of their functional and morphological state, but with no conclusive clinical evidence that endorses it.Retrospective study of 96 patients diagnosed with adrenal incidentaloma between 2008 and 2012. We evaluated clinical, functional and imaging at baseline and during follow-up.Initially, 9 cases were surgically removed: 4 due to hyperfunction (2 Cushing syndromes and 2 pheochromocytomas) and 5 due to size larger than 4cm. During follow-up one case of pheochromocytoma was diagnosed and another grew more than 1cm, needing surgery. In 98.86% of nonfunctional and benign lesions, there was no functional and/or morphological changes in the final evaluation.The results of our study challenge the validity of current diagnostic-therapeutic protocols of incidentalomas, which should be reassessed in prospective studies taking into account efficiency characteristics.

Diseases presenting "hyperfunction" symptom

  • adrenal incidentaloma
  • cushing syndrome

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