Aberrant cortisol responses to physiological stimuli in patients presenting with bilateral adrenal incidentalomas

Endocrine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 437-444

  Vassiliadi, Dimitra Argyro ^a   Ntali, Georgia ^a   Stratigou, Theodora ^a   Adali, Mersilena ^a   Tsagarakis, Stylianos ^a,b  

^a Athens' Polyclinic Hospital   (Greece)

^b EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aberrant receptors; ACTH independent bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia (AIMAH); Bilateral adrenal adenomas; Incidentalomas; LHRH test; Meal test; Posture test; Subclinical hypercortisolism

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADRENAL INCIDENTALOMA; ADRENAL MACRONODULAR HYPERPLASIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILATERAL ADRENAL INCIDENTALOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; FEMALE; GONADORELIN TEST; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPERCORTISOLISM; MALE; MEAL; MENOPAUSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TUMOR VOLUME; ADENOMA; ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL TUMOR; BLOOD; BODY POSTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CUSHING SYNDROME; HYPERPLASIA; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MIDDLE AGED;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERPLASIA; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84858779630     PISSN: 1355008X     EISSN: 15590100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12020-011-9490-1     Document Type: Article

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