The incidence of adrenal tumors has increased 10-fold over the past 2 decades, in parallel to the growing number of computed tomography (CT) abdominal scans (1). The observed increase in the incidence of adrenal tumors was mainly due to more frequent discovery of smaller adrenal incidentalomas in older patients (1). However, because an abdominal CT scan is usually ordered to evaluate a medical concern, imaging bias is very likely in any prevalence study that relies on the availability of imaging (1–5). Another concern is underreporting of adrenal lesions noted on CT scans. For example, Hammarstedt and colleagues (3) reported that ...
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Irina Bancos,
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Corresponding Author: Irina Bancos, MD, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905; e-mail, bancos.
This article was published at Annals.org on 13 September 2022.
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