Incidentally Discovered Adrenal Mass

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 361-368

  Song, Julie H ^a   Mayo Smith, William W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Adrenal incidentaloma; Adrenal mass

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADRENAL BIOPSY; ADRENAL CANCER; ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENAL INCIDENTALOMA; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENTAL FINDING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS;

EID: 79951567067     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2010.10.006     Document Type: Review

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