Incidentalomas endocrinos, más que una imagen / Endocrine incidentalomas, more than an image
Rev. Hosp. Clin. Univ. Chile
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28(3): 237-244, 20170000. ilus, tab
Artículo
en Español
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| ID: biblio-970828
ABSTRACT
Endocrine incidentalomas are nodular lesions located in endocrine glands, diagnosed serendipitously by different image techniques requested for non-endocrine reasons. They can be located in many sites, but this review describes those that compromise pituitary, adrenal and thyroid gland. The main diagnostic challenges of endocrine incidentalomas are discrimination between benign and malignant lesions, and their functional or non-functional endocrine activity. The relevance of adequate image interpretation and associated hormonal study is discussed. (AU)
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Asunto principal:
Neoplasias Hipofisarias
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Neoplasias de la Tiroides
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Neoplasias de las Glándulas Suprarrenales
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio diagnóstico
Límite:
Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Español
Revista:
Rev. Hosp. Clin. Univ. Chile
Asunto de la revista:
Medicina
Año:
2017
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Chile
Institución/País de afiliación:
Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile/CL
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