The clinically inapparent adrenal mass: update in diagnosis and management.

By G. Mansmann, Joseph Lau, E. Balk, M. Rothberg, Y. Miyachi, S. Bornstein. Endocrine reviews, 2004

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Managing incidental findings on abdominal CT: white paper of the ACR incidental findings committee. (2010, background): “The most frequent pathology for an incidentally iscovered adrenal mass is a nonhyperfunctioning adeoma [64].”
Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma: an endocrine society clinical practice guideline. (2014, background): “Nearly 5% of patients with incidentally discovered adrenal masses on anatomical imaging prove to have a pheochromocytoma (13, 14).”
Clinical review: The pathogenetic role of cortisol in the metabolic syndrome: a hypothesis. (2009, background): “These lesions are characterized by autonomous glucocorticoid production without signs or symptoms of CS (48).”
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and American Association of Endocrine Surgeons Medical Guidelines for the Management of Adrenal Incidentalomas: executive summary of recommendations. (2009, neutral): “Review of the literature reveals no level of evidence stronger than level 2 to support recommendations for the management of patients with pheochromocytoma (44 [EL 4]) .”