[The etiological analysis of 260 hospitalized cases with bilateral adrenal lesions].
Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi
; 99(16): 1246-1250, 2019 Apr 23.
Article
in Zh
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31060165
ABSTRACT
Objective:
To summarize the etiologies of bilateral adrenal lesions and the changes of the disease profile in hospitalized patients.Methods:
Bilateral adrenal lesion screening was conducted in all patients admitted to Peking University Third Hospital from 1994 to 2017. The etiologies and disease profiles of bilateral adrenal lesions were retrospectively analyzed.Results:
A total of 260 patients with bilateral adrenal lesions were included in the study. There were 146 males and 114 females with a mean age of (55.4±16.2) years. The most common adrenal lesion was bilateral adrenal hyperplasia (75 cases, 28.8%), followed by bilateral adrenal adenomas (71 cases, 27.3%), metastatic carcinoma (51 cases, 19.6%), discordant bilateral adrenal lesions (27 cases, 10.4%), bilateral pheochromocytomas (13 cases, 5.0%), and others. The clear data of endocrine function evaluation could be found in 184 patients. Among them, 111 cases (60.3%) were nonfunctioning lessions, 34 cases (18.5%) with primary aldosteronism, 15 cases (8.1%) with pheochromocytoma, 13 cases (7.1%) with congenital adrenal hyperplasia, 6 cases (3.3%) with primary hypoadrenocorticism, and 5 cases (2.7%) with Cushing syndrome. Using every 8 years as a period of time, the number of hospitalized patients with bilateral adrenal lesions increased with years in three periods (8, 41 and 211 cases, respectively).Conclusions:
The most common cause of bilateral adrenal lesions is adrenal hyperplasia in the hospitalized patients. More than half of bilateral adrenal lesions are nonfunctioning. In functional bilateral lesions, primary aldosteronism and pheochromocytoma account for a large proportion.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pheochromocytoma
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Adrenal Gland Neoplasms
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Cushing Syndrome
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Hyperaldosteronism
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
Zh
Journal:
Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi
Year:
2019
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
China
Publication country:
CHINA
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CN
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REPUBLIC OF CHINA