Predictive Factors of Functioning Adrenal Incidentaloma: A 15-Year Retrospective Study
Medicina (Lithuania), 2022 Background and Objectives: Adrenal incidentaloma is an adrenal mass that is found incidentally in abdominal imaging studies. It is important to categorize whether the mass is a functioning or non-functioning incidentaloma to determine the appropriate ...
Worapaka Manosroi
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Application of radiomics in adrenal incidentaloma: a literature review
Discover Oncology, 2022 Assessment of adrenal incidentaloma relies on imaging analysis and evaluation of adrenal function. Radiomics as a tool for quantitative image analysis is useful for evaluation of adrenal incidentaloma.
Yan Fu, Bihong T Chen, Xiaoping Yi
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Outcomes and opportunities: evaluating an unselected cohort of patients with adrenal incidentaloma at a tertiary hospital in New Zealand. [PDF]
Intern Med JAbstract Background The prevalence of adrenal incidentalomas is increasing, along with the incidence of functional or malignant lesions. This study assessed how imaging of adrenal incidentalomas at a tertiary hospital in Auckland, New Zealand, without a dedicated adrenal incidentaloma service, conformed to the American College of Radiology (ACR ...
Benfell A +4 more
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Is Hypercortisolism Treatable? Which Patients Should Be Treated and How-A Practical Guide for Clinicians. [PDF]
Diabetes Obes MetabABSTRACT Aim To provide a practical guide on when to suspect endogenous hypercortisolism, how to use the overnight 1‐mg dexamethasone suppression test (DST) for targeted case‐finding, and which patients are most likely to benefit from treatment.
Frias JP.
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Ultrasonography of Incidental Thyroid Nodules: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Prevalence [PDF]
Journal of Medical UltrasoundBackground: An increasing number of physicians use ultrasound (US) to evaluate the thyroid. Consequently, many individuals in the general population have been diagnosed with thyroid nodules.
Li-Jen Liao +3 more
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Patients With Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumours Requiring Neurosurgery -Who Is Referring Them? [PDF]
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf)ABSTRACT Objective Patients living with pituitary neuroendocrine tumours (PitNETs) present with a spectrum of clinical manifestations and often follow a circuitous route to diagnosis, resulting in diagnostic delays. The objective of this study is to identify and report the various sources of referrals for patients who underwent pituitary resection for ...
Ahmed DS +11 more
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Diffuse and Prolonged Bone Pain Revealing Tumor-Induced Osteomalacia: A Case Report. [PDF]
Clin Case RepABSTRACT Tumor‐induced osteomalacia should be considered in patients with unexplained bone pain and fractures. Advanced imaging, such as Ga68‐DOTATATE PET/CT, enables precise tumor localization, and surgical excision can rapidly normalize phosphate metabolism and resolve symptoms, underscoring the importance of early diagnosis and intervention.
Amraei R +3 more
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Hypercortisolism: Causes, Consequences and Clinical Significance - A Review of Pathophysiology. [PDF]
Diabetes Obes MetabABSTRACT Hypercortisolism or Cushing syndrome is a heterogeneous clinical spectrum caused by chronic glucocorticoid excess, ranging from exogenous Cushing syndrome to rare endogenous aetiologies and the increasingly recognised entity of mild autonomous cortisol secretion (MACS). Physiological cortisol production is tightly regulated by the hypothalamic–
Eldib M, Fierro FE, Abad MO, Correa R.
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A nonfunctional adrenal incidentaloma revealed by intestinal obstruction: metastatic adrenocortical carcinoma diagnosed by surgery [PDF]
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case ReportsThis case report describes an 84-year-old male patient who presented with symptoms of intestinal obstruction and was subsequently diagnosed with metastatic adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC), a rare and aggressive endocrine malignancy. The patient arrived at
Keskin Yasemin +2 more
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Prevalence and management of testicular incidentaloma in men with male factor infertility: Experience of a high-volume tertiary center [PDF]
Urology AnnalsBackground: Testicular lesions most frequently present as palpable testicular masses. Interestingly, the identification of impalpable small testicular masses in patients with male factor infertility is occurring increasingly frequently, most probably due
Ahmad A. Aboukhshaba +9 more
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