Patients with adrenal adenoma had a higher prevalence of obesity, low socioeconomic status, tobacco use, and diabetes 5-10 years before diagnosis than control individuals with prior imaging but no ...

Cortisol-producing adenomas (CPAs) are preceded by the development of steroids-producing nodules (SPNs) with two distinct layers — one tumorigenic and one tumor suppressive — reported Japanese ...

Instead, the vast majority of these lipid-poor adenomas can be characterized employing a CT washout study. This imaging methodology quantitates loss of contrast enhancement by a lesion and thus ...

Norman Parathyroid Center, Clayman Thyroid Center, and Carling Adrenal Center Expand Their Lead as the World’s ...

By far the most common causes of Conn syndrome are bilateral adrenal hyperplasia (also known as idiopathic hyperplasia) and aldosterone-secreting adrenal adenoma, accounting for 60% and 35% of the ...

People with the rare Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) have a high risk of developing cancer. Almost all those affected will develop cancer once, and in many cases several times, during their lifetime. LFS ...

A novel integrated molecular imaging approach enables precise localization and quantification of heart damage, as well as accurate identification of disease subtypes. The dual PET/MR and PET/CMR ...

The prevalence rises with age, reaching 5% to 7% among patients older than 70 years.[1][1] The differential diagnosis of an adrenal mass includes adenomas (both functional and nonfunctional), ...

New research uncovers the hidden diversity of adrenal gland tumors, shedding light on how they cause unusual medical symptoms and paving the way for new drug treatments. Fukuoka, Japan - Kyushu ...