Adrenal lesion frequency: A prospective, cross-sectional CT study in a defined region, including systematic re-evaluation

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1149-1156

  Hammarstedt, Lilian ^a   Muth, Andreas ^a   Wängberg, Bo ^a   Björneld, Lena ^a   Sigurjónsdóttir, Helga A ^a   Götherström, Galina ^a   Almqvist, Erik ^b   Widell, Hakan ^c   Carlsson, Sture ^d   Ander, Stefan ^e   Hellström, Mikael ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Skvde Hospital/KSS   (Germany)

^c Southern Lvsborg Hospital   (Norway)

^d Department of Surgery   (Germany)

^e Northern Lvsborg Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Epidemiology; Incidental findings; Incidentaloma; Neoplasm

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALS; RADIATION; RADIOLOGY;

CLINICAL PRACTICES; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; INCIDENTALOMA; INTEROBSERVER VARIATIONS; MALIGNANT DISEASE; NEOPLASM; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENTS; RADIOLOGY REPORTS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SWEDEN;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEDEN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78349266863     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841851.2010.516016     Document Type: Article

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