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Adrenal Tumors in Young Adults: Case Reports and Literature Review
The current high detection rate of adrenal tumors (4–10% of general population) is attributable to a widespread use of variety of imaging studies, especially a computed tomography. Most of them represent clinically silent and biologically indolent incidentalomas, but some adrenal tumors may pose a s...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9230179/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35744009 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58060746 |
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author | Zdrojewska, Małgorzata Mech-Siebieszuk, Emilia Świątkowska-Stodulska, Renata Regent, Bartosz Kunc, Michał Zdrojewski, Łukasz Sworczak, Krzysztof |
author_facet | Zdrojewska, Małgorzata Mech-Siebieszuk, Emilia Świątkowska-Stodulska, Renata Regent, Bartosz Kunc, Michał Zdrojewski, Łukasz Sworczak, Krzysztof |
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description | The current high detection rate of adrenal tumors (4–10% of general population) is attributable to a widespread use of variety of imaging studies, especially a computed tomography. Most of them represent clinically silent and biologically indolent incidentalomas, but some adrenal tumors may pose a significant clinical challenge. Thus, in every patient with an adrenal tumor, a decision on further management is made after careful hormonal and radiological evaluation. All hormonally active tumors and those with radiological features suggesting malignancy are qualified for surgery. Approximately 80% of adrenal tumors are adrenocortical adenomas, hypertrophy, or nodular adrenocortical hyperplasia. Other histopathological diagnoses include pheochromocytoma, adrenocortical carcinoma, metastases, mesenchymal tumors, lymphomas, cysts, and ganglioneuromas. Adrenal tumors are more commonly diagnosed and better studied in elderly patients. In younger patients, under 40 years old, focal adrenal lesions are relatively rare, and histological distribution of diagnoses differs from that in elderly individuals. Younger patients are more likely to display endocrine symptoms, which raise the suspicion of an adrenal mass. In the current study, we present a case series of seven adrenal tumors occurring in young patients. The cases presented below, along with the literature review, demonstrate that the diagnosis and treatment of adrenal tumors are crucial due to endocrinopathy-derived complications and a potential risk of malignancy. |
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spelling | pubmed-92301792022-06-25 Adrenal Tumors in Young Adults: Case Reports and Literature Review Zdrojewska, Małgorzata Mech-Siebieszuk, Emilia Świątkowska-Stodulska, Renata Regent, Bartosz Kunc, Michał Zdrojewski, Łukasz Sworczak, Krzysztof Medicina (Kaunas) Case Report The current high detection rate of adrenal tumors (4–10% of general population) is attributable to a widespread use of variety of imaging studies, especially a computed tomography. Most of them represent clinically silent and biologically indolent incidentalomas, but some adrenal tumors may pose a significant clinical challenge. Thus, in every patient with an adrenal tumor, a decision on further management is made after careful hormonal and radiological evaluation. All hormonally active tumors and those with radiological features suggesting malignancy are qualified for surgery. Approximately 80% of adrenal tumors are adrenocortical adenomas, hypertrophy, or nodular adrenocortical hyperplasia. Other histopathological diagnoses include pheochromocytoma, adrenocortical carcinoma, metastases, mesenchymal tumors, lymphomas, cysts, and ganglioneuromas. Adrenal tumors are more commonly diagnosed and better studied in elderly patients. In younger patients, under 40 years old, focal adrenal lesions are relatively rare, and histological distribution of diagnoses differs from that in elderly individuals. Younger patients are more likely to display endocrine symptoms, which raise the suspicion of an adrenal mass. In the current study, we present a case series of seven adrenal tumors occurring in young patients. The cases presented below, along with the literature review, demonstrate that the diagnosis and treatment of adrenal tumors are crucial due to endocrinopathy-derived complications and a potential risk of malignancy. MDPI 2022-05-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9230179/ /pubmed/35744009 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58060746 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Zdrojewska, Małgorzata Mech-Siebieszuk, Emilia Świątkowska-Stodulska, Renata Regent, Bartosz Kunc, Michał Zdrojewski, Łukasz Sworczak, Krzysztof Adrenal Tumors in Young Adults: Case Reports and Literature Review |
title | Adrenal Tumors in Young Adults: Case Reports and Literature Review |
title_full | Adrenal Tumors in Young Adults: Case Reports and Literature Review |
title_fullStr | Adrenal Tumors in Young Adults: Case Reports and Literature Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Adrenal Tumors in Young Adults: Case Reports and Literature Review |
title_short | Adrenal Tumors in Young Adults: Case Reports and Literature Review |
title_sort | adrenal tumors in young adults: case reports and literature review |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9230179/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35744009 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58060746 |
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