Retrospective evaluation of adrenal incidentalomas in a tertiary care institution
Adrenal tumours are nowadays a common incidental finding in the daily clinical pactice. Their prevalence has increased due to more widespread available radiological imaging methods. The majority of epidemiological studies worldwide have shown that most of these tumours are benign, small and hormonally inactive. Aim of this retrospective study was the evaluation of all patients with adrenal tumours who were treated in our tertiary department of endocrinology between 1.1.1999-1.10.2013.
Dear Sir, ::: ::: We read with interest the report by Geyshis et al.1 The authors have elegantly highlighted the occasionally competing therapeutic priorities of physicians of different specialties. Nonetheless, we consider it important to add that a therapeutic dilemma as the one described by the authors can sometimes be circumvented. ::: ::: Central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) is most often associated with increased cortisol levels, so that the most important therapeutic step taken by ophthalmologists is the discontinuation of topical or systemic steroids the patient might be using. The pathophysiology of …