RT Book, Section
A1 Prescott, Jason D.
A1 Zeiger, Martha A.
A2 Morita, Shane Y.
A2 Balch, Charles M.
A2 Klimberg, V. Suzanne
A2 Pawlik, Timothy M.
A2 Posner, Mitchell C.
A2 Tanabe, Kenneth K.
SR Print(0)
ID 1145757857
T1 Adrenal Incidentaloma
T2 Textbook of Complex General Surgical Oncology
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071793315
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1145757857
RD 2024/04/19
AB The  incidental  finding  of  one  or  more  adrenal  masses,  discovered  on  a  radiological  study  performed  for  reasons  other  than  suspected  adrenal  disease,  has  become  a  common  occurrence  in  modern  medical  practice.  Because  the  differential  diagnosis  for  these  masses,  termed  adrenal  incidentalomas,  incudes  multiple  distinct  clinical  entities  (of  differing  prognostic  significance),  surgical  oncologists  must  be  familiar  with  the  appropriate  diagnostic  workup  and  management  of  these  lesions.  This  requires  not  only  an  understanding  of  adrenal  anatomy,  pathophysiology,  biochemistry,  genetics,  and  differential  diagnosis,  but  also  a  working  knowledge  of  the  upstream  hypothalamic-pituitary  axis,  which  regulates  adrenal  function.