@article{article_391650, title={Evaluation of Patients with Adrenal Incidentaloma Retrospectively who had Reffered to Endocrinology Out-Patient Clinic in 6 Month Period: Results of a Single Center Study}, journal={Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty}, volume={38}, pages={91–95}, year={2012}, author={Peynirci, Hande and İrteş, Nurten and Ermurat, Selime and Sığırlı, Deniz and Ersoy, Canan and İmamoğlu, Şazi}, keywords={Adrenal incidentaloma. Cushing syndrome. Pheochromocytoma. Primary hyperaldosteronism. Adrenocortical carcinoma}, abstract={The advancement and widespread use of imaging techniques lead to find unexpected adrenal incidentalomas more frequenty. The files of 182 patients, referred to the endocrinology department for other complaints determined to have adrenal mass by using imaging techniques examined retrospectively. The aim of our study was to review the frequency, hormonal activity status, imaging characteristics and histologic diagnoses of adrenal incidentalomas. One hundred twenty eigth patients were females and 54 were males with a median age of 54 years (18-85) . The average size of the masses determined by using BT with a median size of 26 mm (5-160). After detailed endocrinological evaluation, 46 masses (%25.3) were found to be functional, 136 masses (%74.7) were nonfunctional. Twenty four (%52.2) of 46 functional patients were diagnosed to be Cushing syndrome, sixteen (%34.8) of 46 were pheochromocytoma, six (%13) of 46 were aldosteron producing adenoma. Thirty eight of 46 functional patients and twenty two of 136 nonfunctional patients had directed to the operations because of mass size larger than 4 cm. The results of our study indicated that incidentally diagnosed adrenal masses can be hormonally active or even malignant. So, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of these kinds of masses should be done carrefully.}, number={2}, publisher={Bursa Uludağ University}