## Cross-sectional computed imaging lacks the necessary accuracy to determine if a patient has unilateral adrenal versus bilateral adrenal disease as the cause of primary aldosteronism (PA). If abdominal computed…
## There is a small subset of patients (≈5%) with primary aldosteronism (PA) in whom surgical management can proceed without the need for adrenal venous sampling (AVS). This subset includes…
## Mild autonomous cortisol secretion (MACS) is defined as an abnormal cortisol concentration following dexamethasone suppression test (post-DST cortisol >1.8 mcg/dL) and is detected in up to 50% of patients…
## Lipid-poor adrenal masses are the landmines of adrenal disorders. Although lipid-poor adrenal masses may be benign nonfunctional cortical adenomas, it can be difficult to make the distinction from more…
## Any adrenal mass needs evaluation for adrenal hormonal excess and malignancy. , Imaging characteristics can be helpful to exclude malignancy. Workup for adrenal hormone excess includes assessment for cortisol,…
## Adrenal metastasis should be suspected in any patient with history of extraadrenal malignancy presenting with an indeterminate adrenal mass. The most common extraadrenal malignancies that metastasize to adrenal gland…
## Adrenal metastasis should be suspected in any patient with a history of extraadrenal malignancy presenting with an indeterminate adrenal mass. Full hormonal workup and assessment of imaging characteristics are…
## Adrenal tumors >4 cm in diameter represent 17% of adrenal tumors seen in the tertiary endocrine center. The proportion of malignant adrenal tumors and pheochromocytomas is high in large…
## Adrenal tumors >4 cm in diameter represent 17% of adrenal tumors seen in the tertiary endocrine center. The proportion of malignant adrenal tumors and pheochromocytomas is high in large…
