Adrenal incidentalomas


DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18565/therapy.2024.8.78-85

Shustov S.B., Shafigullina Z.R., Vydrych A.N., Velikanova L.I.

1) I.I. Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia, Saint Petersburg; 2) S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg
Abstract. Recent widespread use of radiation research methods has led to more frequent detection of adrenal tumors – incidentalomas. In most cases, they are non-functioning adenomas of the adrenal cortex, but anyway they may require therapeutic intervention, especially in case of adrenal cortex carcinoma, hormone-producing adenoma, or metastases. In 2023, The European Society of Endocrinology published a revised version of the first international multidisciplinary guideline concerning incidentalomas. The article provides a brief overview of modern approaches to the management of such kind of patients.
Keywords: adrenal incidentaloma, autonomous cortisol secretion, arterial hypertension
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About the Autors

Sergey B. Shustov, MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), professor, head of the Center of Adrenal Pathology, I.I. Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia. Address: 191015, Saint Petersburg, 41 Kirochnaya St.
E-mail: Sergei.Shustov@szgmu.ru
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9075-8274
Zulfiya R. Shafigullina, MD, PhD (Medicine), associate professor of the Department of endocrinology named after academician V.G. Baranov, head of the Department of endocrinology of the Clinic named after E.E. Eichwald, I.I. Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia. Address: 191015, Saint Petersburg, 41 Kirochnaya St.
E-mail: zulfiya.shafigullina@szgmu.ru
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8292-8504
Anna N. Vydrych, MD, PhD (Medicine), endocrinologist at the Department of endocrinology of the Clinic named after E.E. Eichwald, I.I. Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia. Address: 191015, Saint Petersburg, 41 Kirochnaya St.
E-mail: anna.vydrych@szgmu.ru
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9667-3454
Lyudmila I. Velikanova, MD, Dr. Sci. (Biology), professor, head of the Research Department of chromatography, I.I. Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia. Address: 191015, Saint Petersburg, 41 Kirochnaya St.
E-mail: velikanova46@gmail.com
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9352-4035


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