Diagnosis and differential diagnosis of adrenal incidentalomas
https://doi.org/10.14341/omet2016439-44
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.
About the Authors
Natalya V Molashenko
Endocrinology Research Centre
Russian Federation
PhD
Competing Interests: аторы декларируют отсутствие потенциальных и явных конфликтов интересов
Russian Federation
PhD
Competing Interests: аторы декларируют отсутствие потенциальных и явных конфликтов интересов
Nadezhda M Platonova
Endocrinology Research Centre
I.M. Sechenov’s First Moscow State Medical University
Russian Federation
ScD
Russian Federation
ScD
Dmitriy G Beltsevich
Endocrinology Research Centre
Russian Federation
ScD
Russian Federation
ScD
Marina Yu Yukina
Endocrinology Research Centre
Russian Federation
PhD
Russian Federation
PhD
Ekaterina A Troshina
Endocrinology Research Centre
Russian Federation
ScD, prof., correspondence fellow of Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
ScD, prof., correspondence fellow of Russian Academy of Sciences
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Molashenko N.V., Platonova N.M., Beltsevich D.G., Yukina M.Yu., Troshina E.A. Diagnosis and differential diagnosis of adrenal incidentalomas. Obesity and metabolism. 2016;13(4):39-44. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.14341/omet2016439-44
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