The incidental nonhyperfunctioning adrenal mass: An imaging algorithm for characterization

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 796-804

  Pender, S M ^a   Boland, G W ^a   Lee, M J ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; LIPID;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CYST; ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL HEMORRHAGE; ADRENAL METASTASIS; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MYELOLIPOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY;

EID: 0031739213     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9260(98)80189-X     Document Type: Review

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