2024-02-07 12:17:36
On Monday evening, Buckingham Palace announced in a press release that King Charles III was diagnosed with cancer. But the disease was not discovered during targeted examinations. The diagnosis could be established after anomalies were revealed, but not in the “usual” way. In medicine, we call this type of event “incidentoloma” or “accidentoloma”, explains Le Figaro SantIt is.
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The cancer of the new sovereign, who succeeded Elizabeth II to the English crown less than a year ago, was discovered accidentally. Namely “during the king’s recent hospital intervention for benign prostatic hypertrophy” which led to additional examinations, as specified in the press release. This is why we speak of “incidentaloma”, a term that appeared in the 1980s to designate the discovery of an anomaly, which is often not accompanied by any symptoms, during medical examinations carried out for other people. reasons.
A natural process linked to aging
Incidentalomas are not necessarily serious. For example, it may be a “silent” nodule that develops in one of the two adrenal glands during aging, which most of the time turns out to be benign but can sometimes justify anti-cancer treatment. If there is enlargement of the prostate, as is the case for Charles III, it is most often a natural and totally benign process linked to aging, our colleagues specify.
Around a million men aged over 50 are affected by this enlarged prostate in France. Although it is generally not serious, it can cause discomfort and require surgery to reduce the size of the prostate. “Pre-operative examinations are systematically carried out to check if there are no other anomalies, particularly in the prostate and bladder,” explains daily Dr Benjamin Pradère, urological surgeon at the La Croix du clinic. South, in Toulouse.
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