Incidental adrenal lesions: Accuracy of quadriphasic contrast enhanced computed tomography in distinguishing adenomas from nonadenomas

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1742-1750

  Foti, Giovanni ^a   Faccioli, Niccolò ^a   Mantovani, William ^a   Malleo, Giuseppe ^a   Manfredi, Riccardo ^a   Mucelli, Roberto Pozzi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Computed tomography (CT); Incidental; Quadriphasic CT protocol; Wash out

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84864491589     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.04.066     Document Type: Article

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