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Adrenal incidentaloma or epinephroma and review of the literature. Differential diagnosis of adrenal incidentaloma. 2016

Frederick-Anthony Farrugia, and Martikos Georgios, and Tzanetis Panagiotis, and Zavras Nikolaos, and Charalampopoulos Anestis, and Sotiropoulos Dimitrios, and Koliakos Nikolaoes, and Paspala Anna, and Kephalidi Erini, and A Machairas

A thorough review of the literature concerning Adrenal Incidentalomas (AI) was conducted. We started with the definition and the history of the term Adrenal Incidentaloma. We introduce a new term, the term Epinephroma. We described the epidemiological characteristics of Adrenal Incidentalomas. We cited and commented the characteristics and pitfalls of various radiological modalities. We went on citing the various arguments in literature about the size of the tumour, the natural history, the biochemical characteristics and the treatment of Adrenal Incidentalomas. advances in modern medical technologies has offered us an armamentarioum of new diagnostic modalities which has improved a lot our differential diagnostic abilities concerning an incidental adrenal tumour. However, despite the advances, still a lot of challenges exist.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D003480	Cushing Syndrome	A condition caused by prolonged exposure to excess levels of cortisol (HYDROCORTISONE) or other GLUCOCORTICOIDS from endogenous or exogenous sources. It is characterized by upper body OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; HYPERTENSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HIRSUTISM; AMENORRHEA; and excess body fluid. Endogenous Cushing syndrome or spontaneous hypercortisolism is divided into two groups, those due to an excess of ADRENOCORTICOTROPIN and those that are ACTH-independent.	Cushing's Syndrome,Hypercortisolism,Syndrome, Cushing,Syndrome, Cushing's
D003937	Diagnosis, Differential	Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures.	Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000310	Adrenal Gland Neoplasms	Tumors or cancer of the ADRENAL GLANDS.	Adrenal Cancer,Adrenal Gland Cancer,Adrenal Neoplasm,Cancer of the Adrenal Gland,Neoplasms, Adrenal Gland,Adrenal Cancers,Adrenal Gland Cancers,Adrenal Gland Neoplasm,Adrenal Neoplasms,Cancer, Adrenal,Cancer, Adrenal Gland,Cancers, Adrenal,Cancers, Adrenal Gland,Neoplasm, Adrenal,Neoplasm, Adrenal Gland,Neoplasms, Adrenal
D000311	Adrenal Glands	A pair of glands located at the cranial pole of each of the two KIDNEYS. Each adrenal gland is composed of two distinct endocrine tissues with separate embryonic origins, the ADRENAL CORTEX producing STEROIDS and the ADRENAL MEDULLA producing NEUROTRANSMITTERS.	Adrenal Gland,Gland, Adrenal,Glands, Adrenal
D015995	Prevalence	The total number of cases of a given disease in a specified population at a designated time. It is differentiated from INCIDENCE, which refers to the number of new cases in the population at a given time.	Period Prevalence,Point Prevalence,Period Prevalences,Point Prevalences,Prevalence, Period,Prevalence, Point,Prevalences