Adrenal incidentaloma: is it a disease of elderly? A clinical study of 2650 cases registered at a single endocrinological center

FDG PET/CT Scan and Functional Adrenal Tumors: A Pilot Study for Lateralization

“…In these patients, the larger tumor, more rapidly growing tumor, or the tumor with the higher density in the first phase of CT were initially surgically resected. However, 2 of these 14 patients had persistent subclinical hypercortisolism, and 1 of these 14 patients had recurrent subclinical hypercortisolism within three years requiring resection of the contralateral adrenal gland [4]. Preoperative lateralization by 18F‐FDG PET/CT may be beneficial for this subset of patients but will require further study.…”

“…Patients with bilateral adrenal masses, though, pose a clinical dilemma. Kasperlik‐Załuska and colleagues reported a large cohort of 1790 patients, of which nearly 20 % had bilateral adrenal incidentalomas [4]. In cases of Conn’s syndrome, the introduction of adrenal venous sampling (AVS) has led to accurate determination of whether patients have unilateral or bilateral hypersecreting adrenal glands [5].…”

Acute abdominal pain due to atypical bilateral adrenal infarction in acute myeloid leukemia with alterations related to myelodysplasia: A case report

“…In addition, in most cases of adrenal infarction, computed tomography (CT) images reveal diffuse enlargement of the adrenal glands 4,5 . Adrenal enlargement is mainly caused by adenoma, adrenal cortical hyperplasia, and metastatic infiltration 6 . Less commonly, hematologic diseases such as unclassifiable myelodysplastic syndrome, myeloproliferative neoplasms, 7 and myelodysplastic syndrome 8 can cause adrenal infarction, which leads to adrenal enlargement 5 …”

“…4,5 Adrenal enlargement is mainly caused by adenoma, adrenal cortical hyperplasia, and metastatic infiltration. 6 Less commonly, hematologic diseases such as unclassifiable myelodysplastic syndrome, myeloproliferative neoplasms, 7 and myelodysplastic syndrome 8 can cause adrenal infarction, which leads to adrenal enlargement. 5 We herein report a case of acute abdominal pain and adrenal insufficiency due to AML-induced adrenal infarction in a patient who presented with diffuse adrenal enlargement on CT imaging.…”