Outcome of non-operated adrenal masses in 126 patients observed from 1986 to 1999

Annales de chirurgie
E MiralliéC Proye

Abstract

CT scan performed for non-adrenal related symptoms detects an adrenal mass or 'incidentaloma' in 0.4 to 4.3% of cases, and most authors advocate a non-operative policy, after minimal but careful work-up aimed at excluding pheochromocytoma and aldosteronoma. The breakthrough of laparoscopic adrenalectomy has led some to challenge this attitude. This retrospective study focused on the outcome of non-operated adrenal masses. From 1986 through 1999, 126 patients (64 men and 62 women) presented with an incidental mass of the adrenal fossa, and a non-surgical attitude was elicited. Mean size was 36.5 mm in diameter. All patients underwent an in-depth clinical, biochemical and imaging work-up. They have been stratified into two groups: group I: no contraindication to surgery (n = 95); and group II: contraindication to surgery (frail patients, invasive adrenal or metastatic extra-adrenal cancer) (n = 31). With a mean follow-up of 4.3 years, 17 patients were lost to follow-up (13.5%), including 11/95 in group I; 36 were dead (28.5%), including 12/95 in group I (no adrenal-related death) and 24/31 in group II; 72 were alive and well without operation, including only one in group II; one patient was operated for a benign adrenal adenoma r...Continue Reading

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