Features of the Clinical Course of Adrenal Incidentalomas
Journal Title: Міжнародний ендокринологічний журнал - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 58
Abstract
The objective of the study was to examine the clinical features of adrenal incidentalomas. 98 clinical observations of patients with adrenal incidentalomas receiving in- and out-patient treatment in the clinic of Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Centre of Endocrinology of Ministry of Healthcare of Republic of Uzbekistan were analyzed. Of them, 51 % — males, 49 % — females. General clinical observation included: thorough gaining of complaints; anamnesis morbi and vitae; assessment of somatic and endocrine statuses; clinical examination with measurement of blood pressure and body mass index; urinalysis; biochemical blood analysis. In addition, all patients underwent complete blood count with determination of blood potassium, sodium, chlorine, lipid profile, fasting blood glucose and oral glucose tolerance test, creatinine and urea; hormonal blood tests, including studies of plasma aldosterone and plasma renin activity in a horizontal position, adrenocorticotropic hormone, blood cortisol, as well as the daily excretion of catecholamines with urine. For topical diagnosis we used ultrasound, CT of adrenals. It was found that adrenal incidentalomas were detected in 37.8 % as a result of searching for the reason of arterial hypertension, in 23.5 % — of obesity and hypothalamus dysfunction, in 14.2 % — in abdominal pathology, in 12.2 % — of non-specific complaints, in 8.1 % — in exclusion of adrenal diseases, and in 4 % — in clinical supervision. Clinically they are characterized with nonspecific features with predominance of arterial hypertension (76.5 %), which is associated with adrenal pathology only 18.4 % of cases. Analysis of metabolic disorders revealed clinically significant changes as well. Of 98 examined patients, 70 % had metabolic disorders.
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G. A. Alimukhamedova
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