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Table 2 Clinical characters of patients with pathological results

From: Management of adrenal incidentaloma: the role of adrenalectomy may be underestimated

 

No.

Gender

Age (year)

Size (cm)

Operation

Male: Female

Median (range)

Median (range)

Laparoscopic: Open

Malignant pheochromocytoma

9

5:4

47 (27–72)

6 (4.7–8.5)

2:7

Adrenocortical carcinoma

36

17:19

49 (25–77)

9.5 (3.0–17.5)

6b:30

Metastasis

5

4:1

59 (53–62)

7.5 (5.0–8)

1a:4

Other malignant

7

2:5

41 (20–77)

2.8 (1.0–18)

147:86

Myelolipoma

24

9:15

54 (22–75)

4.5 (1.5–12)

15a:9

Ganglioneuroma

22

15:7

37 (21–63)

5.5 (1.1–12)

8:14

Pheochromocytoma

75

39:36

47 (21–77)

5.5 (1.2–23)

23:52

Cyst

32

11:21

37 (22–64)

6 (2.0–18)

25:7

Nodular hyperplasia

12

4:8

43 (36–65)

2 (1.1–3)

11:1

Other benign

23

8:15

40 (21–68)

5.4 (2.0–13.5)

11:12

Total

478

212:266

48 (17–77)

4 (1.0–23)

250:228

  1. aIncluding 1 patient performed fine-needle biopsy other than dissection
  2. bAll patients performed fine-needle biopsy other than dissection