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The incidentally discovered adrenal mass

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Abstract

Incidentally discovered adrenal masses, also known as incidentalomas, are adrenal masses that are found during diagnostic imaging or post-mortem examinations for reasons other than adrenal disease. A common finding in humans, incidentalomas are increasingly being diagnosed in small animals. Discovering an incidentaloma can present a significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. This chapter will help the reader distinguish benign from malignant, and functional from non-functional, adrenal tumours. The chapter also explains the management of incidentalomas based on their functionality and signs of malignancy. The importance of regular monitoring and evaluation of tumour growth is emphasized.

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34.4 (a) Normal left adrenal gland shape and thickness (5.2 mm) in a dog weighing 5.3 kg. (b) Unexpectedly discovered enlargement (15.5 mm) in the cranial pole of the left adrenal gland in a dog weighing 8 kg.
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34.5 Diagnostic and management approach to an incidentally discovered adrenal mass.
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34.6 Dorsal computed tomographic image of a 12-year-old bitch with a phaeochromocytoma in the right adrenal gland (arrowhead). Cranial to the adrenal mass, the vena cava is markedly distended due to tumour invasion and thrombosis (arrowed).
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