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Up to 10 per cent of adults have a benign tumour, or lump, known as an ‘adrenal incidentaloma’ in their adrenals – glands situated on top of the kidneys which produce a variety of hormones. The lumps can be associated with the overproduction of hormo

Adrenal glands highlighted in red. SCIEPRO/Getty Images About 1 in 10 adults was estimated to have a non-cancerous tumor than can affect diabetes and

Blood pressure, glucose levels should be checked regularly in individuals with mild autonomous cortisol secretion from benign adrenal tumors

A research at the University of Birmingham has shown for the first time the scale of the impact of a condition associated with benign tumours that can lead to type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure.

In more than 15% of people with benign adrenal tumors, the growths produce clinically relevant levels of serum cortisol that are significantly linked with an increased prevalence of hypertension and, in 5% of those with Cushing syndrome (CS), an increased prevalence of type 2 diabetes, based on data from more than 1300 people with benign adrenal tumors, the largest reported prospective study of the disorder.

Mild autonomous cortisol secretion (MACS) from benign adrenal tumors is associated with increased cardiometabolic risk.

Scientists at the University of Birmingham are calling for changes to healthcare policy following research which has shown for the first time the

Benign adrenal tumors produce enough cortisol to cause hypertension or type 2 diabetes in more than 15% of patients in a prospective UK study.