Can established CT attenuation and washout criteria for adrenal adenoma accurately exclude pheochromocytoma?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 122-127

  Patel, Jeet ^a   Davenport, Matthew S ^a   Cohan, Richard H ^a   Caoili, Elaine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute washout; Adrenal adenoma; CT washout; Pheochromocytoma; Relative washout

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 131; CATECHOLAMINE; IOHEXOL; IOPAMIDOL 300; IOPROMIDE; LIPID; METADRENALIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME; URINE;

3-IODOBENZYLGUANIDINE; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84883340779     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.9620     Document Type: Article

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