Adrenal gland disorders
Framing
- Adrenal disorders span cortical hormone excess/deficiency (Cushing syndrome, adrenal insufficiency, congenital adrenal hyperplasia), medullary catecholamine excess (phaeochromocytoma), and structural findings (incidentaloma, carcinoma) - biochemical confirmation of functional status should precede or accompany any structural/imaging work-up, since an incidentally found adrenal mass always requires functional assessment regardless of imaging appearance
- See for the overlapping phaeochromocytoma and Cushing syndrome angle relevant to secondary hypertension screening
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