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Preface
Why an entire issue devoted to incidentalomas? Incidentalomas of endocrine glands continue to be a fairly hot issue as reflected by increased citations in the literature. From 1970–79 there were 4 pap...
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David C. Aron
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Incidentalomas – A “disease” of modern imaging technology
The evolution of new diagnostic techniques has revolutionized the practice of medicine and in fact, the nature of medicine itself. Technology has also expanded the “visual” field of medicine: the nake...
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Jennifer Wagner,
David C. Aron
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3-8
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Evidence-based endocrinology – Illustrating its principles in the management of patients with pituitary incidentalomas
Incidentally discovered pituitary lesions are commonly encountered in the current era of ever-increasing imaging. Individualizing a particular approach implies a thorough analysis of existing evidence...
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I. Bancos,
N. Natt,
M.H. Murad,
V.M. Montori
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9-19
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Radiological evaluation of adrenal incidentalomas – Current methods and future prospects
Incidental adrenal lesions are very common. Computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET) all have a role to play in characterizing adrenal lesions....
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S. McDermott,
O.J. O’Connor,
C.G. Cronin,
M.A. Blake
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21-33
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Advances in pituitary imaging technology and future prospects
There have been substantial advances in pituitary imaging in the last half-century. In particular, magnetic resonance imaging is now established as the imaging modality of choice, providing high quali...
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Sachit Shah,
Adam D. Waldman,
Amrish Mehta
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35-46
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Pituitary incidentaloma
Pituitary incidentalomas (PIs) are commonly encountered in clinical practice. While most are microincidentalomas (<1 cm) and not functional, in some cases their identification may lead to discovery...
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Israel B. Orija,
Robert J. Weil,
Amir H. Hamrahian
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47-68
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Adrenal incidentalomas
The term adrenal incidentaloma (AI) is usually defined as an adrenal mass unexpectedly detected through an imaging procedure performed for reasons a priori unrelated to adrenal dysfunction or suspecte...
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David Aron,
Massimo Terzolo,
T.J. Cawood
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69-82
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Thyroid incidentaloma
Thyroid incidentaloma is defined as an unsuspected, asymptomatic thyroid lesion that is discovered on an imaging study or during an operation unrelated to the thyroid gland. Thyroid incidentalomas are...
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Judy Jin,
Christopher R. McHenry
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83-96
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Pancreatic incidentalomas
Pancreatic incidentalomas are defined as asymptomatic pancreatic lesions, discovered incidentally by imaging for an unrelated indication. They are being discovered with increasing frequency as the use...
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Xeily Zárate,
Nicholas Williams,
Miguel F. Herrera
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97-103
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Ovarian incidentaloma
Incidental adnexal masses occur with relatively high frequency in post-menopausal women, with a prevalence rate of 3.3–18% in asymptomatic patients. Unilocular, benign-appearing ovarian cysts represen...
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Meir Jonathon Solnik,
Carolyn Alexander
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105-116
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