Bilateral adrenal incidentaloma with subclinical hypercortisolemia: indications for surgery
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Bilateral adrenal incidentaloma with subclinical hypercortisolemia: indications for surgery.
INTRODUCTION According to some authors, a higher incidence of subclinical hypercortisolemia is found among patients with bilateral benign adrenal tumors than in those with unilateral tumors. It is still unknown whether all patients with bilateral adrenal tumors and subclinical hypercortisolemia should undergo surgery, and, if so, which tumor should be removed first. OBJECTIVES The aim of the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Polish Archives of Internal Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1897-9483
DOI: 10.20452/pamw.2347