title: [Adrenomegaly and other masses of the adrenal area. Diagnostic and therapeutic approaches].
abstract: During the 1982-1987 period 104 patients were surgically explored for a mass of the supra renal area. An adrenal tumor was found in 67%, an adrenal pseudo-tumor in 12.5%, a non adrenal pathology in 12.5%, and a tumoral involvement of the adrenal in 8%. Revealing circumstances were variable: 41% of the patients presented with endocrine symptoms (adrenal hypersecretion 83% or deficiency - 17%). In 30% abdominal pain was the chief complaint. In 24% the finding of the adrenal mass was totally fortuitous. In this latter circumstance the diagnostic difficulty is maximal and the strategy remains debated. Our approach would tend to be primarily surgical for fear of letting a malignant tumor evolve further.
authors.affiliation: Clinique des Maladies Endocriniennes et Métaboliques, Hôpital Cochin, Paris.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Luton
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Billaud
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Benabed
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Guilhaume
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Bertagna
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Louvel
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chapuis
mesh_terms: D000307:Adrenal Gland Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006728:Hormones / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D006728:Hormones
vernacular_title: Adrénomégalies et autres masses de la loge surrénalienne. Approches diagnostique et thérapeutique.