Limited significance of repeated long-term radiological and hormonal examination in nonfunctioning adrenal incidentalomas
ABSTRACT Purpose: The purposes of the present study were to evaluate growth rate of nonfunctioning adrenal incidentalomas (AIs) and their development to hormonal hypersecretion on follow-up. Materials and methods: A retrospective study was conducted from the electronic medical records. A total of...
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doaj-8b3dcc69d00b454f9e8ec8f60cbafceb2020-11-24T20:44:10ZengSociedade Brasileira de UrologiaInternational Brazilian Journal of Urology1677-611945350351310.1590/s1677-5538.ibju.2018.0235S1677-55382019000300503Limited significance of repeated long-term radiological and hormonal examination in nonfunctioning adrenal incidentalomasMasayuki TasakiTakashi KasaharaItsuhiro TakizawaKazuhide SaitoTsutomu NishiyamaYoshihiko TomitaABSTRACT Purpose: The purposes of the present study were to evaluate growth rate of nonfunctioning adrenal incidentalomas (AIs) and their development to hormonal hypersecretion on follow-up. Materials and methods: A retrospective study was conducted from the electronic medical records. A total of 314 patients were diagnosed with adrenal tumors between 2000 and 2016. After excluding patients who had overt adrenal endocrine disorders or whose adrenal tumors were clinically diagnosed as metastatic malignancies, we investigated 108 patients with nonfunctioning AIs including characteristics, the treatment, the way of follow-up and pathology. Results: Fifteen patients received immediate adrenalectomy because of the initial tumor size or patient's preference. Pathological examination revealed malignancy in 2 patients. In the remaining 93 patients, radiological examinations were performed periodically. Tumor enlargement of ≥ 1.0cm was observed in 8.6% of the patients who were followed up as nonfunctioning AIs with a median follow-up period of 61.5 months (range: 4-192). Eleven patients underwent adrenalectomy. On the pathological examinations, all of the tumors, which showed a size increase, were diagnosed as benign tumors. Regarding the followed up patients without adrenalectomy, only 2.4% of the patients had tumor enlargement during the prolonged follow-up. Furthermore, none of the patients developed hormonal hypersecretion or clinical signs such as obesity, glucose intolerance or poorly controlled hypertension. Conclusions: Tumor enlargement of AIs did not correlate with malignancy. The value of repeat radiological and hormonal examinations may be limited in the long-term follow-up of patients whose AIs are not enlarged.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-55382019000300503&lng=en&tlng=enAdrenal incidentaloma [Supplementary Concept]AdrenalectomyRadiology |
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Masayuki Tasaki Takashi Kasahara Itsuhiro Takizawa Kazuhide Saito Tsutomu Nishiyama Yoshihiko Tomita Limited significance of repeated long-term radiological and hormonal examination in nonfunctioning adrenal incidentalomas International Brazilian Journal of Urology Adrenal incidentaloma [Supplementary Concept] Adrenalectomy Radiology |
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Masayuki Tasaki Takashi Kasahara Itsuhiro Takizawa Kazuhide Saito Tsutomu Nishiyama Yoshihiko Tomita |
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Limited significance of repeated long-term radiological and hormonal examination in nonfunctioning adrenal incidentalomas |
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Limited significance of repeated long-term radiological and hormonal examination in nonfunctioning adrenal incidentalomas |
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Limited significance of repeated long-term radiological and hormonal examination in nonfunctioning adrenal incidentalomas |
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Limited significance of repeated long-term radiological and hormonal examination in nonfunctioning adrenal incidentalomas |
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Limited significance of repeated long-term radiological and hormonal examination in nonfunctioning adrenal incidentalomas |
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limited significance of repeated long-term radiological and hormonal examination in nonfunctioning adrenal incidentalomas |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia |
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International Brazilian Journal of Urology |
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ABSTRACT Purpose: The purposes of the present study were to evaluate growth rate of nonfunctioning adrenal incidentalomas (AIs) and their development to hormonal hypersecretion on follow-up. Materials and methods: A retrospective study was conducted from the electronic medical records. A total of 314 patients were diagnosed with adrenal tumors between 2000 and 2016. After excluding patients who had overt adrenal endocrine disorders or whose adrenal tumors were clinically diagnosed as metastatic malignancies, we investigated 108 patients with nonfunctioning AIs including characteristics, the treatment, the way of follow-up and pathology. Results: Fifteen patients received immediate adrenalectomy because of the initial tumor size or patient's preference. Pathological examination revealed malignancy in 2 patients. In the remaining 93 patients, radiological examinations were performed periodically. Tumor enlargement of ≥ 1.0cm was observed in 8.6% of the patients who were followed up as nonfunctioning AIs with a median follow-up period of 61.5 months (range: 4-192). Eleven patients underwent adrenalectomy. On the pathological examinations, all of the tumors, which showed a size increase, were diagnosed as benign tumors. Regarding the followed up patients without adrenalectomy, only 2.4% of the patients had tumor enlargement during the prolonged follow-up. Furthermore, none of the patients developed hormonal hypersecretion or clinical signs such as obesity, glucose intolerance or poorly controlled hypertension. Conclusions: Tumor enlargement of AIs did not correlate with malignancy. The value of repeat radiological and hormonal examinations may be limited in the long-term follow-up of patients whose AIs are not enlarged. |
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Adrenal incidentaloma [Supplementary Concept] Adrenalectomy Radiology |
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