Endocrine Surgery

Adrenal Tumors

• Functional tumors can produce one of the following hormones
  • Aldosterone (Conn’s syndrome)
    Most commonly a benign, small tumor of the adrenal gland that produces excessive amounts of the hormone aldosterone. More...
  • Cortisol (Cushing’s syndrome)
  • Catecholamines (Pheochromocytoma)   
  • Testosterone (very rare)
• Other benign adrenal masses
• Non-functional tumors
• Malignant tumors
  • Adrenal cortical cancer
  • Adrenal metastases from other cancers