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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mohammed Abdelwahed M.D[2]

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In 1979, incidentaloma was first described by Korobkin et al. In 1989, a large study at the Mayo Clinic found the prevalence of adrenal incidentaloma to be 3400 per 100,000 persons.

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References

  1. Korobkin M, White EA, Kressel HY, Moss AA, Montagne JP (1979). "Computed tomography in the diagnosis of adrenal disease". AJR Am J Roentgenol. 132 (2): 231–8. doi:10.2214/ajr.132.2.231. PMID 105590.
  2. Herrera MF, Grant CS, van Heerden JA, Sheedy PF, Ilstrup DM (1991). "Incidentally discovered adrenal tumors: an institutional perspective". Surgery. 110 (6): 1014–21. PMID 1745970.

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