Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Adrenal incidentaloma are bulks which are stated incidentally by imagining methods when there is no suspicion of any disease in adrenal gland. The increased use of abdominal ultrasound and abdominal tomography scanning has led to the frequent finding of an unexpected adrenal mass, or an incidentaloma.

METHODS

64 (53 female–11 male) patients, who were followed due to Aİ at Tepecik Training and Research Hospital Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine between February 2014 and February 2015 period were included in the study. Results of physical examination, USG, MRG and BT were recorded.

RESULTS

The average of age was 56.02±11.698 years and 53 patients were female, 11 were men. All patients were underwent following analyses for excluding a functioning adrenal mass, overnight dexamethasone suppression test, 24 hour urinary metanephrine and normetanephrine, plasma aldosterone/ renin activity ratio.

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION

The results of our study indicated that incidentally diagnosed adrenal masses can be hormonally active or even malignant. So, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of these kinds of masses should be done carrefully.