5th April 2024

Background

Adrenal tumours are excess growth of tissue within one or more of the adrenal glands. These tumours are often benign and are found incidentally on imaging. Others can be non-cancerous hormone secreting tumours e.g., the aldosterone secreting tumours seen in Conn’s syndrome. Some tumours are cancerous but unlikely to spread, e.g., phaeochromocytoma. However, adrenal metastases from cancers that started elsewhere in the body include lung cancer, kidney cancer and malignant melanoma.