Non-invasive evaluation of the incidentally detected indeterminate adrenal mass

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 277-292

  Al Hawary, Mahmoud M ^a   Francis, Isaac R ^a   Korobkin, Melvyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Adrenal gland neoplasm; Incidentaloma

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 14844309297     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2004.09.002     Document Type: Review

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