WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF AN ADRENAL INCIDENTALOMA? Other less common conditions, such as tumors filled with fat and blood cells Causes includeĪn adenoma (a non-cancerous tumor in the adrenal glands)Ĭancer of the adrenal gland or spread of cancer from elsewhere in the body This type of tumor is called a non-functional tumor. Other types of causes do not result in excess hormone production. Hormonally active causes includeĬushing syndrome or subclinical hypercortisolism: conditions caused by too much cortisolĪ pheochromocytoma: a rare tumor in the adrenal glands that leads to too much epinephrine and norepinephrineĬongenital adrenal hyperplasia: an inherited condition in which the adrenal glands make too little cortisol and aldosterone, and too much androgenĬancer of the adrenal gland with too much cortisol, adrenal androgens, and/or aldosterone This type of tumor is called a hormonally active or functional tumor.
Some causes can make your adrenal glands produce too much of a hormone. Your risk for an adrenal incidentaloma increases as you get older.
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