Approach to the patient with an adrenal incidentaloma

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4106-4113

  Nieman, Lynnette K ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CAPTOPRIL; CATECHOLAMINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUDROCORTISONE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; METOMIDATE C 11; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PRASTERONE SULFATE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL INCIDENTALOMA; ADULT; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER SURGERY; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CATECHOLAMINE URINE LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GROWTH RATE; HEART RATE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM CARE; METASTASIS; MYELOLIPOMA; OBESITY; OSTEOPENIA; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALT LOADING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEROID URINE LEVEL; TUMOR VOLUME; WEIGHT GAIN; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ALGORITHM; CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 77956609317     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-0457     Document Type: Review

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