title: The pediatric patient with suspected adrenal neoplasm: which radiological test to use?
abstract: To establish which radiological test to use in a pediatric patient with suspected neoplasm, we retrospectively studied 19 children with proven adrenal neoplasm who had a combination of ultrasound (US), computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The results show that US should remain the initial imaging modality for evaluating abdominal masses in children but that MRI is more accurate than CT and US in detecting the organ of origin and the extent of an adrenal lesion and should, therefore, be the modality of choice for the definitive evaluation of adrenal neoplasm in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiological Sciences, UCLA Medical Center 90024-1721.
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Petrus
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Boechat
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Westra
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Curran
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Steckel
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kangarloo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography