Role and cost-effectiveness of adrenal imaging and image-guided FNA cytology in the management of incidentally discovered adrenal tumours

Anticancer Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6 C, 2005, Pages 4559-4562

  Lumachi, Franco ^a   Basso, Stefano M M ^a   Borsato, Simonetta ^a   Tregnaghi, Alberto ^a   Zucchetta, Pietro ^b   Marzola, Maria Cristina ^b   Cecchin, Diego ^b   Bui, Franco ^b   Fabia, Gennaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenal FNA cytology; Adrenal incidentalomas; Adrenal scintigraphy; Adrenal tumours; MRI

Indexed keywords

6BETA IODOMETHYL 19 NORCHOLEST 5(10) EN 3BETA OL I 131; 6BETA SELENOMETHYLNORCHOLESTEROL SE 75; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM; IODOCHOLESTEROL I 131; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL CANCER; ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADRENAL SCINTISCANNING; ADRENAL TUMOR; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS;

EID: 28444493952     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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