Article
Non-functioning adrenal incidentalomas caused by 21-hydroxylase deficiency or carrier status?
Endocrine - 1 Sept 2014
Falhammar Henrik
Abstract excerpt
Adrenal incidentalomas (AI) are an escalating clinical issue due to the increasing use of imaging techniques. Occasional patients with AIs have been reported who have subsequently been diagnosed with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to CYP21A2 mutations (21-hydroxylase deficiency) or carr...
Topics
- Adrenal Gland Neoplasms
- Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Middle East
- Mutation
