Diagnosis and differential diagnosis of adrenal incidentalomas

Abstract

This lecture focuses on the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of adrenal incidentalomas with special reference to diagnostic steps, major pharmacological tests, and instrumental studies. Strategies of management of patients with this pathology are described.

Keywords

• adrenal incidentaloma
• pheochromocytoma
• paraganglioma
• aldosteroma
• corticosteroma