Over a 2 year period, 63 of 1,459 @entity1 examined by computerized tomography were found to have @entity774 . In 19 @entity1 (1.3 percent of @entity1 examined and 30 percent of @entity1 with @entity774 ), they were unexpected and did not give rise to symptoms or signs. Three @entity1 were explored. Two of the @entity1 had @entity822 and a third, a @entity6010 . Adrenal function tests were performed in 14 @entity1 and showed evidence of @entity699 in 1 @entity1 and revealed no abnormalities in 13. The lesions in 10 of 11 nonsurgical @entity1 followed by computerized tomography for 11 to 36 months showed no change. One lesion became significantly smaller. In a review of 988 autopsy reports, grossly visible @entity774 were present in 73 @entity1 (7.3 percent), including 19 @entity822 (1.9 percent) and 50 @entity3 (5 percent). We conclude that serendipitous @entity774 are usually small, nonfunctioning, and benign, the most common lesion being @entity822 . A protocol has been suggested for management to identify the minority of @entity1 with functioning or malignant lesions and to avoid unnecessary surgery in the others who have benign disease.

Serendipitous XXXX : prevalence, significance, and management.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity6010 :: ('MESH:D005729', 'Disease') :: ['ganglioneuroma'] @entity699 :: ('MESH:D003480', 'Disease') :: ["Cushing's syndrome"] @entity3 :: ('MESH:D009362', 'Disease') :: ['metastases'] @entity822 :: ('MESH:D018246', 'Disease') :: ['adrenocortical adenomas', 'adrenocortical adenoma'] @entity774 :: ('MESH:D000312', 'Disease') :: ['adrenal masses']
@entity774 :: (MESH:D000312,Disease) :: ['adrenal masses']
