The incidental adrenal mass on CT: Prevalence of adrenal disease in 1,049 consecutive adrenal masses in patients with no known malignancy

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1163-1168

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

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland, CT; Adrenal gland, diseases; Adrenal gland, neoplasms; Adrenal mass

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOLIPOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 43649087703     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2799     Document Type: Article

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