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DIFFERENTIATION OF ADRENAL MASSES BY MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING SURGERY DOPPMAN, J. L., REINIG, J. W., Dwyer, A. J., Frank, J. P., Norton, J., Loriaux, D. L., KEISER, H. 1987; 102 (6): 1018-1026

Abstract

Eighty-one adrenal masses in 68 patients were examined with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Masses included nonfunctioning adenomas (17), metastases (25), adrenocortical carcinomas (10), and pheochromocytomas (23). T1-weighted pulse sequences depicted the anatomy with a resolution comparable to that of computed tomography (CT). T2-weighted pulse sequences provided some histologic specificity separating nonfunctioning adenomas with low signal-intensity from metastases with intermediate signal-intensity and pheochromocytomas with high signal-intensity. Pheochromocytomas could always be distinguished from other adrenal masses. In 20% of the cases, metastases with low signal-intensity could not be distinguished from nonfunctioning adenomas.

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