The mass or nodule is called an adrenal gland incidentaloma, because it was found while looking for something else. It is unlikely to be cancerous. (Adrenal gland cancers are rare.) But in most cases, ...

Despite progress in this field, there is still limited information regarding the epidemiology of the clinical and metabolic profile of patients with adrenal incidentaloma (AI). The objective is ...

was to assess the diagnostic value of salivary cortisol and cortisone in patients with suspected hypercortisolism including 155 patients with adrenal incidentaloma, and 54 patients with suspected ...

So Sarah has gone. You know, Case Study Sarah of Streeting’s ‘elective reform plan’ who rapidly achieved iconic status for needing multiple contacts, a scan and an MDT to get a diagnosis of rhinitis?

The aldosterone-renin ratio (ARR) has gained popularity as a screening test for primary hyperaldosteronism, a probably underdiagnosed cause of hypertension. However, studies have yielded varying ...

With the widespread use of computed tomography and MRI, the incidental discovery of pituitary incidentalomas is increasing in frequency. The most common cause of a pituitary mass is a pituitary ...

Background A 45-year-old man presented with frontal headache and visual disturbances to our clinic. For the previous 5 years, he had been receiving treatment for long-lasting mild hyperthyroidism ...

Context: Few studies have directly compared the cognitive characteristics of patients with mild autonomous cortisol secretion (MACS) and Cushing’s syndrome (CS). The effect of surgical or conservative ...

Background/aims The analysis of visual field loss patterns is clinically useful to guide differential diagnosis of visual pathway pathology. This study investigates whether a novel index of macular ...