Introduction
adrenal tumors, prednisoloneEndothelial dysfunction, adrenal incidentalomas, hypertension, benign nonfunctioning adrenal adenomas, Adrenal incidentalomas
ADRENAL INCIDENTALOMA, ADRENAL TUMORS, EVENTS, ATHEROSCLEROSIS, HYPERTENSION, PATHOGENESIS, ADRENAL INCIDENTALOMAS
Adrenal incidentalomas are adrenal tumors that are detected unexpectedly during imaging procedures conducted for unrelated reasons. Most of the adrenal incidentalomas are classified as benign nonfunctioning adrenal adenomas (NFA), and patients with NFA which have lower rates of cardiovascular events and mortality than those in patients with autonomous cortisol secretionAdministration of glucocorticoids for more than three months causes cardiovascular events, even with less than 7.5 mg of prednisoloneEndothelial dysfunction represents an initial stage in the pathogenesis and advancement of atherosclerosis, leading to increased cardiovascular complicationsThe purpose of this study was to evaluate vascular function in patients with NFA who have hypertension and/or DM and the effects of administration of overnight 1 mg dexamethasone on vascular function in those patients.