Differential diagnosis of incidentally detected adrenal masses revealed on routine abdominal CT

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 243-252

  Čtvrtlík, Filip ^a   Heřman, Miroslav ^a   Študent, Vladimír ^a   Tichá, Vlastislava ^a   Minařík, Jiří ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OLOMOUC   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Adrenal glands; Carcinoma; Computed tomography; Incidental findings; Metastasis; Pheochromocytoma

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADRENAL GLANDS; CARCINOMA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; METASTASIS; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA;

BIOMINERALIZATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TESTING; TOMOGRAPHY;

TUMORS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; LIPID;

ABDOMEN; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL INCIDENTALOMA; ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; MYELOLIPOMA; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STUDENT T TEST;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59649101164     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.11.041     Document Type: Article

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