Michio Otsuki
Department School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital), School of Medicine Position Professor and Division head |
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Article types | Original article |
Language | English |
Peer review | Peer reviewed |
Title | Clinical and endocrinological characteristics of adrenal incidentaloma in Osaka region, Japan |
Journal | Formal name:Endocrine Journal Abbreviation:Endocr J ISSN code:09188959 |
Domestic / Foregin | Domestic |
Volume, Issue, Page | 63(1),pp.29-35 |
Author and coauthor | Tabuchi, Y. Otsuki, M. Kasayama, S. Kosugi, K. Hashimoto, K. Yamamoto, T. Tsugawa, M. Mineo, I. Yamada, Y. Kurebayashi, S. Ohashi, M. Umayahara, Y. Kouhara, H. Nakamura, T. Taki, H. Matsuoka, T. A. Imagawa, A. Funahashi, T. Shimomura, I. |
Authorship | 2nd author,Corresponding author |
Publication date | 2016 |
Summary | The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical and endocrinological characteristics of adrenal incidentalomas in Osaka region, Japan. The study was a multicenter retrospective analysis of 150 patients with adrenal incidentalomas who underwent radiographic and endocrine evaluations between 2005 and 2013. Most adrenal incidentalomas were discovered by computed tomography (77.0%) and the rest were identified by abdominal ultrasonography (14.6%), magnetic resonance imaging (4.2%), or positron emission tomography (4.2%). Adrenal incidentalomas were more frequently localized on the left side than on the right. The average diameter of tumors was 21 +/- 11 mm. On endocrinological evaluation, 14 patients were diagnosed with primary aldosteronism (9.3%), 10 with subclinical Cushing's syndrome (6.7%), 7 with pheochromocytoma (4.7%), 7 with Cushing's syndrome (4.7%), 2 with both subclinical Cushing's syndrome and primary aldosteronism (1.3%), and 110 with non-functioning tumors (73.3%). Patients with functioning tumors were significantly younger and had larger tumor diameters than those withnon-functioning tumors. Except for hypertension, complications were comparable between patients with functioning and non-functioning tumors, including the presence of glucose intolerance, cardiovascular disease, and dyslipidemia. In conclusion, a higher prevalence of primary aldosteronism was observed compared with a previous report. Complications were comparable between patients with functioning and non-functioning tumors, including the frequencies of glucose intolerance, cardiovascular disease, and dyslipidemia. Long-term follow-up is required in patients with non-functioning tumors because the frequency of complications, such as glucose intolerance, cardiovascular disease, and dyslipidemia, was equal to that in patients with functioning tumors. |
DOI | 10.1507/endocrj.EJ15-0404 |
Document No. | 26490049 |