Adrenal Incidentalomas: Should We Operate on Small Tumors in the Era of Laparoscopy?

Table 2

Histological types of removed lesions.

Histological type		Group 1		Group 2		𝑃 value
Benign	Cortical adenoma	50 (91%)	42 (76.4%)	68 (88.3%)	43 (55.8%)	0.72
	Adrenal cyst		3 (5.4%)		12 (15.6%)
	Angiomyolipoma		2 (3.6%)		9 (11.7%)
	Cavernous haemangioma		1 (1.8%)		0 (0%)
	Schwannoma		1 (1.8%)		2 (2.6%)
	Ganglioneuroma		1 (1.8%)		2 (2.6%)
Potentially malignant	Pheochromocytoma	4 (7.2%)	2 (3.6%)	3 (3.9%)	3 (3.9%)	0.39
	Oncocytic adrenal adenoma		2 (3.6%)		0 (0%)
Malignant	Adrenal cortex cancer	1 (1.8%)	1 (1.8%)	6 (7.8%)	5 (6.5%)	0.13
	Primary neuroectodermal tumor		0 (0%)		1 (1.3%)