MDCT of adrenal masses: Can dual-phase enhancement patterns be used to differentiate adenoma and pheochromocytoma?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 201, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 834-839

  Northcutt, Benjamin G ^a   Raman, Siva P ^a   Long, Christopher ^a   Oshmyansky, Alexander R ^a   Siegelman, Stanley S ^a   Fishman, Elliot K ^a   Johnson, Pamela T ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Adrenal; Contrast enhanced; CT; Pheochromocytoma

Indexed keywords

IODIXANOL; IOHEXOL;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING SOFTWARE; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME; VEIN;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84886410452     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.9753     Document Type: Article

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