RT Book, Section
A1 Moalem, Jacob
A1 Clark, Orlo
A2 Morita, Shane Y.
A2 Dackiw, Alan P. B.
A2 Zeiger, Martha A.
SR Print(0)
ID 6163038
T1 Chapter 12. Incidentalomas and Metastases to the Adrenal Gland
T2 McGraw-Hill Manual: Endocrine Surgery
YR 2010
FD 2010
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-160645-5
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6163038
RD 2024/04/19
AB Incidentalomas,  unsuspected  adrenal  tumors  that  are  encountered  during  radiographic  testing  done  for  unrelated  causes,  are  among  the  most  common  solid  organ  tumors  in  humans.  This  classification  carries  a  very  broad  differential  diagnosis  (Table  12-1)  and  spans  the  spectrum  of  aggressiveness  in  tumors.  Although  most  incidentalomas  are  benign  and  require  no  intervention,  adrenocortical  cancer  (ACC)  is  among  the  most  aggressive  cancers  in  humans.  Moreover,  a  significant  subset  of  incidentalomas  is  hormonally  functional,  and  although  these  tumors  are  histologically  benign,  failure  to  diagnose  and  treat  patients  with  these  tumors  results  in  increased  morbidity  and  may  risk  mortality.