All patients with pituitary incidentaloma should be investigated for pituitary hyperfunction. The single most important test is measurement of serum prolactin (PRL). Elevated PRL can indicate either direct tumour secretion (levels are typically 800–2,000 mU/l for microprolactinoma, >2,000 mU/l for macroprolactinoma and <600 normally) or ‘disconnection’ of the hypothalamus and normal pituitary g...

The widespread use of highly sensitive imaging techniques has led to the serendipitous identification of subclinical tumors in some organs [1]. Pancreatic incidentaloma (PI) has been defined as a mass that is incidentally discovered during an image study for symptoms other than the ones of the mass itself or the organ affected. The term ‘‘pancreatic incidentaloma’’ was first described by Ho and...

abstract adrenal gland cysts are rare indications of adrenal diseases, which are commonly asymptomatic. in radiological studies, these cysts, known as incidentalomas, are often detected by coincidence accounting for 6% of the population. adrenal incidentalomas are commonly detected, and autonomous cortisol hypersecretion is the most prevalent abnormality associated with these masses. since this...

OBJECTIVE The aim was to formulate practice guidelines for endocrine evaluation and treatment of pituitary incidentalomas. CONSENSUS PROCESS Consensus was guided by systematic reviews of evidence and discussions through a series of conference calls and e-mails and one in-person meeting. CONCLUSIONS We recommend that patients with a pituitary incidentaloma undergo a complete history and phys...

BACKGROUND Thyroid incidentaloma is defined as an unsuspected thyroid lesion found on imaging study or while performing a surgery non-related to the thyroid gland. Most recent scientific literature tends to demonstrate a detection rate of 0.1-4.3% for incidental findings of thyroid focal uptake identified by 18F-fluorodeoxyglugose Positron Emission Tomography with computed tomography (18FDG-PET...

OBJECTIVE Patients with incidental nonfunctioning adrenal adenoma are associated with increased risk of obesity, impaired glucose tolerance and dyslipidemia. We aimed to investigate the relationship between thyroid function, serum lipids and insulin resistance in patients with nonfunctioning adrenal incidentaloma. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Forty patients who had diagnosed as adrenal incidentaloma ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the performance of current clinical recommendations for the evaluation of an adrenal incidentaloma. DESIGN AND METHODS LITERATURE REVIEW: Electronic databases (Pubmed, Ovid and citation searches from key articles) from 1980 to 2008 were searched. Eligible studies were those deemed most applicable to the clinical scenario of a patient referred to an endocrinologist for assess...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Incidental thyroid lesions are frequently found on contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance (CE-MR) angiography. The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of thyroid incidentalomas detected by CE-MR angiography and to evaluate their clinical significance by correlation with ultrasound (US) and cytopathological results. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively...