CT and MRI in the differential diagnosis of lesions of the adrenal gland;Computertomographie und magnetresonanztomographie in der differential-diagnose von nebennierenraumforderungen

Medizinische Klinik

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 447-452

  Ghanem, Nadir ^a   Altehoefer, Carsten ^b   Thürl, Christina ^b   Bley, Thorsten ^b   Langer, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adrenal gland tumors; CT; MRI

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FAT; LIPID;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADRENAL TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FAT CONTENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOMA; MYELOLIPOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW; SIGNAL DETECTION; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 4344687413     PISSN: 07235003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00063-004-1054-1     Document Type: Review

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