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The indeterminate adrenal mass in patients with cancer

With the increasing use of abdominal cross-sectional imaging, incidental adrenal masses are frequently detected. The commonest clinical question is whether these are benign adenomas or malignant primary or secondary masses. The nature of incidentally detected adrenal masses can be determined with a...

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Autores principales: Sahdev, A., Reznek, R.H.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: e-Med 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2727974/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17921094
http://dx.doi.org/10.1102/1470-7330.2007.9017
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description With the increasing use of abdominal cross-sectional imaging, incidental adrenal masses are frequently detected. The commonest clinical question is whether these are benign adenomas or malignant primary or secondary masses. The nature of incidentally detected adrenal masses can be determined with a high degree of accuracy using computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as benign adrenal masses such as myelolipomas, lipid-rich adenomas, adrenal cysts and adrenal haemorrhage which have pathognomonic imaging findings. However, there remains a significant overlap between the imaging features of some lipid-poor adenomas and malignant lesions. We review the recent advances in CT, MRI and positron emission tomography (PET) which can be used to distinguish between benign adenomas and malignant lesions of the adrenal gland.
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spelling pubmed-27279742009-10-01 The indeterminate adrenal mass in patients with cancer Sahdev, A. Reznek, R.H. Cancer Imaging Focus on: Incidentilomas With the increasing use of abdominal cross-sectional imaging, incidental adrenal masses are frequently detected. The commonest clinical question is whether these are benign adenomas or malignant primary or secondary masses. The nature of incidentally detected adrenal masses can be determined with a high degree of accuracy using computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as benign adrenal masses such as myelolipomas, lipid-rich adenomas, adrenal cysts and adrenal haemorrhage which have pathognomonic imaging findings. However, there remains a significant overlap between the imaging features of some lipid-poor adenomas and malignant lesions. We review the recent advances in CT, MRI and positron emission tomography (PET) which can be used to distinguish between benign adenomas and malignant lesions of the adrenal gland. e-Med 2007-10-01 /pmc/articles/PMC2727974/ /pubmed/17921094 http://dx.doi.org/10.1102/1470-7330.2007.9017 Text en © 2007 International Cancer Imaging Society
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Sahdev, A.
Reznek, R.H.
The indeterminate adrenal mass in patients with cancer
title The indeterminate adrenal mass in patients with cancer
title_full The indeterminate adrenal mass in patients with cancer
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title_short The indeterminate adrenal mass in patients with cancer
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2727974/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17921094
http://dx.doi.org/10.1102/1470-7330.2007.9017
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