Most Common Flashcards
Most common type of colonic volvulus
sigmoid volvulus
most common age group affected by sigmoid volvulus
Elderly
Most common cause of acute abdomen
Acute appendicitis
Most common part of the appendix where carcinoid tumor arises
Tip of appendix
Most common tumor of the appendix
Carcinoid tumor
Most common tumor of the appendix
Carcinoid tumor
Most common location of carcinoid tumor
Appendix
Most common adrenal mass
Adrenal cortical adenoma
Most common adrenal cortical adenoma
Nonfunctioning adenoma
Most common primary tumor causing adrenal metastasis
Lung cancer
Second most common primary tumor causing adrenal metastasis
Breast cancer
Most common cause of non-iatrogenic Cushing syndrome
Adrenal hyperplasia
Most common cause of adrenal hyperplasia
Pituitary adenoma
Most common cause of Conn syndrome
Adrenal cortical adenoma
Most common cause of Addison Disease
Idiopathic atrophy
Most common adrenal tumor to spontaneously hemorrhage
Pheochromocytoma
Most common cause of adrenal hemorrhage in children
Hypoxia
Most common cause or adrenal hemorrhage in adult
blunt trauma and infection
Most common cause of adrenal calcification
Adrenal hemorrhage
Most common cause of calcified adrenal mass in adult, due to previous hemorrhage
Adrenal pseudocyst
Most common syndrome associated with hyperfunctioning adrenal carcinoma
Cushing syndrome
Most common syndrome associated with hyperfunctioning adrenal carcinoma
Cushing syndrome
