[Adrenal incidentalomas: report of 126 cases].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the diagnosis and treatment of adrenal incidentalomas.


METHODS
One hundred and twenty-six patients were analyzed, in which 98 patients underwent operation.


RESULTS
Of all types of the adrenal incidentalomas, 52 (41.3%) of them were adenomas and they were the most often; 43 (34.1%) of them were hypersecretory adrenal tumors, most of them were pheochromocytomas and Conn adenomas; all nonhypersecretory adrenal adenomas were under 6 cm, and all adrenal carcinomas were above 6 cm.


CONCLUSIONS
It is important to search for hypersecretory adrenal tumors and to detect malignant adrenal tumors. To nonhypersecretory adrenal adenomas, the sizes of tumors are the most important indexes in determining weather the tumors are benign or malignant and weather the tumors need to be treated with operation or not.
Department of Urology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China.
Han-zhong
HZ
Li
Wei-gang
WG
Yan
Wei
W
Wang
Ming
M
Xia
Hui-jun
HJ
Wang
Guang-hua
GH
Liu
D000293:Adolescent; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D018246:Adrenocortical Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006929:Hyperaldosteronism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy