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MR imaging of the adrenal gland: radiologic-pathologic correlation.
Radiographics : a Review Publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc 1998 November
Complex physiologic and neoplastic processes affect the adrenal glands. An appreciation of the gross pathologic and histologic correlates of disease aids in understanding the mechanisms by which diagnostic imaging helps characterize adrenal masses. Computed tomographic (CT) densitometry and chemical shift magnetic resonance (MR) imaging would seem to be the most reliable tools in determining whether a given adrenal mass is specifically an adenoma. Such a determination is made on the basis of the presence of substantial amounts of intracytoplasmic lipid. Thus, although a homogeneous mass with a CT attenuation of less than 10 HU or a decrease in signal intensity at opposed-phase MR imaging is diagnostic for adenoma, lesions that do not have these features are indeterminate and may necessitate biopsy. Adrenal myelolipoma also has a distinctive imaging appearance that reflects the presence of macroscopic fat deposits. Diagnosis of adenoma or adrenal myelolipoma is very helpful in the assessment and treatment of asymptomatic patients with adrenal masses and may make biopsy unnecessary. In patients with clinical or biochemical evidence of adrenal disease, MR imaging helps confirm the presence of a mass and allows localization and further characterization of the lesion.
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