title: Adrenal incidentaloma: report of 33 cases.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of our study was to review the imaging characteristics, endocrinologic screening and histologic diagnoses of adrenal incidentaloma cases encountered in our institute.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-three adrenal incidentaloma cases that had been evaluated in Hacettepe University Hospital between 1985 and 1995 were reviewed retrospectively. Adrenal masses were discovered incidentally by abdominal ultrasonography (USG) and/or computed tomography (CT). Detailed endocrine evaluation was carried out to rule out a possible functioning mass.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among these incidentaloma cases, 2 silent Cushing syndrome (6.06%) cases, 6 silent pheochromocytoma (18.18%) cases, 2 adrenocortical carcinoma (6.06%) cases, and 2 metastatic masses (6.06%) were diagnosed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  An optimal diagnostic approach to an adrenal incidentaloma would consider the results of the biochemical tests and a review of anatomical qualities depicted on CT or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) while taking into account the previous clinical epidemiologic data.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. tt04-k@tr-net.net.tr
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Tütüncü
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gedik
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D000306:Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography