The incidental indeterminate adrenal mass on CT (> 10 H) in patients without cancer: Is further imaging necessary? Follow-up of 321 consecutive indeterminate adrenal masses

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1119-1123

  Song, Julie H ^a   Chaudhry, Fakhra S ^a   Mayo Smith, William W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Adrenal glands; Adrenal mass; Benign adenoma; CT; Incidental adrenal mass; Incidentalomas; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHODE ISLAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35648995918     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2167     Document Type: Article

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