7/8 Dr. Eddy #Lang, an ER doctor, adds another warning: the preventative benefit of full-body scans is minimal.

They often uncover harmless #incidentalomas, abnormalities, that would never have caused problems, trapping patients in a cycle of unnecessary #follow-ups, #biopsies, and #anxiety.

Happy to share our recent #consensus #guideline on how to multidisciplinary manage #pituitary #incidentalomas; good news on data to recommend less frequent #imaging for many microadenomas , but also smaller macroadenomas. @pituitarysociety.bsky.social @ohsubrain.bsky.social @ohsunews.bsky.social

Adrenalectomy for mild autonomous cortisol secretion? The detection of incidental adrenal nodules is increasing as a direct result of widespread abdominal imaging, and mild autonomous cortisol secretion (MACS) is the most frequent hormonal abnormality di...

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Surgery for the treatment of arterial hypertension in patients with unilateral adrenal incidentalomas and mild autonomous cortisol secretion (CHIRACIC): a multicentre, open-label, superiority randomis... MACS associated with unilateral adrenal incidentalomas is responsible for secondary hypertension that can be safely improved by minimally-invasive adrenalectomy.

Mild autonomous cortisol secretion (MACS) associated with #unilateral #adrenal #incidentalomas is responsible for secondary #hypertension that can be safely improved by minimally-invasive #adrenalectomy www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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