Guidelines for the Management of Adrenal Incidentaloma: the Korean Endocrine Society, Committee of Clinical Practice Guidelines.
- Author:
Jung Min LEE
1
;
Mee Kyoung KIM
;
Seung Hyun KO
;
Jung Min KOH
;
Bo Yeon KIM
;
Sang Wan KIM
;
Soo Kyung KIM
;
Hae Jin KIM
;
Ohk Hyun RYU
;
Juri PARK
;
Jung Soo LIM
;
Seong Yeon KIM
;
Young Kee SHONG
;
Soon Jib YOO
Author Information
- Publication Type:Practice Guideline ; Review
- Keywords: Adrenal incidentaloma; Practice guideline
- MeSH: Adrenal Glands; Delphi Technique; Diabetes Mellitus; Health Personnel; Humans; Hypertension; Incidence; Obesity; Prevalence
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine 2017;92(1):4-16
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: An adrenal incidentaloma is an adrenal mass found in an imaging examination performed for reasons unrelated to suspected adrenal disease. The prevalence of adrenal incidentaloma increases with age; there is no gender difference, but it is often accompanied by obesity, diabetes mellitus, or hypertension. The detection of adrenal incidentaloma is expected to rise with the rapid development of imaging technology and increasing frequency of imaging studies. The Korean Endocrine Society is promoting appropriate practice guidelines to meet the rising incidence of adrenal incidentaloma, in cooperation with the Korean Adrenal Gland and Endocrine Hypertension Study Group. In this paper, we discuss important core issues for treating adrenal incidentaloma, along with the most important factors for healthcare providers who treat and manage affected patients. Initially, we identified 47 recommendations using the Delphi technique, after evaluating core propositions. We reduced these to the 20 most critical recommendations.
