Clinical outcomes of surgical treatment and longitudinal non-surgical observation of patients with subclinical Cushing's syndrome and nonfunctioning adrenocortical adenoma

Indian Journal of Urology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-183

  Maehana, Takeshi ^a   Tanaka, Toshiaki ^a   Itoh, Naoki ^a   Masumori, Naoya ^a   Tsukamoto, Taiji ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal incidentalomas; adrenalectomy; conservative management; nonfunctioning adrenocortical adenoma; subclinical Cushing's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONFUNCTIONING ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SUBCLINICAL CUSHING SYNDROME; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 84872256510     PISSN: 09701591     EISSN: 19983824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-1591.98461     Document Type: Article

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