Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Adrenal Incidentaloma

• Published in: Endocrinology and metabolism (Seoul) Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 200 - 218
• Main Authors: Lee, Jung-Min, Kim, Mee Kyoung, Ko, Seung-Hyun, Koh, Jung-Min, Kim, Bo-Yeon, Kim, Sang Wan, Kim, Soo-Kyung, Kim, Hae Jin, Ryu, Ohk-Hyun, Park, Juri, Lim, Jung Soo, Kim, Seong Yeon, Shong, Young Kee, Yoo, Soon Jib
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korea (South) Korean Endocrine Society 01.06.2017; 대한내분비학회
• Subjects: Adrenal disease; Adrenal incidentaloma; Clinical guideline; Special; 내과학; Clinical guideline; Adrenal disease; Adrenal incidentaloma
• ISSN: 2093-596X; 2093-5978
• DOI: 10.3803/EnM.2017.32.2.200

An adrenal incidentaloma is an adrenal mass found in an imaging study performed for other reasons unrelated to adrenal disease and often accompanied by obesity, diabetes, or hypertension. The prevalence and incidence of adrenal incidentaloma increase with age and are also expected to rise due to the rapid development of imaging technology and frequent imaging studies. The Korean Endocrine Society is promoting an appropriate practice guideline 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 in managing the patients with adrenal incidentaloma. After evaluating core proposition, we propose the most critical 20 recommendations from the initially organized 47 recommendations by Delphi technique.