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CARDIOVASCULAR RISK AND CORTISOL SECRETION IN ADRENAL INCIDENTALOMAS

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Objective:Adrenal incidentalomas (AIs) are often discovered after an imaging-work up that is unrelated to specific adrenal gland disease. Up to 30% of AIs show endogenous cortisol excess, without signs or… Click to show full abstract

Objective:Adrenal incidentalomas (AIs) are often discovered after an imaging-work up that is unrelated to specific adrenal gland disease. Up to 30% of AIs show endogenous cortisol excess, without signs or symptoms of clinically evident Cushing's syndrome. According to literature, subclinical hyperco

Keywords: incidentalomas; cortisol secretion; risk cortisol; cardiovascular risk; adrenal incidentalomas

Journal Title: Journal of Hypertension
Year Published: 2019

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