[Adrenal incidentaloma in elderly patients].
The adrenal incidentaloma is a disease that, thanks to the progress of the modern diagnostic, means for the longer and more high quality of life, has given a progressive increase in its impact, which has become more apparent in the elderly population. The authors after a review of literature on the impact and diagnostic, troubleshooting data endocrinology and imaging, these adrenal gland silent tumor clinically poses, envisage a therapeutic for use in older patient protocol.
Calbo
L
L
Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Messina.
Catalfamo
A
A
Sciglitano
P
P
Calbo
E
E
Plutino
F
F
Campisi
Giuseppina
G
Didio
V
V
Gorgone
S
S
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016330:Frail Elderly; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D010535:Laparoscopy; D016896:Treatment Outcome