Differentiation between tuberculosis and primary tumors in the adrenal gland: Evaluation with contrast-enhanced CT

European Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2031-2036

  Yang, Zhi Gang ^a   Guo, Ying Kun ^a   Li, Yuan ^a   Min, Peng Qiu ^a   Yu, Jian Qun ^a   Ma, En Sen ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Computed tomography; Neoplasm; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; GANGLIONEUROMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LYMPHOMA; MYELOLIPOMA; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, ENDOCRINE;

EID: 33746923415     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-0096-y     Document Type: Article

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