title: [Magnetic resonance tomography of the adrenals in the diagnosis of total and partial hypercorticism].
abstract: The paper is devoted to the use of a new method of nuclear magnetic resonance tomography (MR tomography) in the diagnosis of diseases of the adrenal glands developing with the syndrome of total and partial hypercorticism. A MR tomograph with resistive magnet (0.234 T) was employed. Altogether 25 patients were examined (21 with Itsenko-Cushing disease of various degrees of severity, 2 patients with Itsenko-Cushing syndrome and 2 patients with aldosteronoma). MR tomography was shown to possess a high informative value permitting the assessment of a type of adrenal changes without irradiation of a patient. In combination with routine methods of examination (hormonal investigation, retropneumoperitoneum, x-ray computerized tomography) MR tomography makes it possible to improve considerably the diagnosis of Itsenko-Cushing disease and to specify tumor sizes and tumor growth type.
authors.forename: I I
authors.initials: II
authors.lastname: Dedov
authors.forename: Iu N
authors.initials: IuN
authors.lastname: Belenkov
authors.forename: O S
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Shkrob
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Mel'nichenko
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Pustovitova
mesh_terms: D015062:11-Hydroxycorticosteroids / Q000097:blood; D015065:17-Hydroxycorticosteroids / Q000652:urine; D015068:17-Ketosteroids / Q000652:urine; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000473:pathology*; D000308:Adrenocortical Hyperfunction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000097:blood; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D015062:11-Hydroxycorticosteroids; D015065:17-Hydroxycorticosteroids; D015068:17-Ketosteroids; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
vernacular_title: Magnitno-rezonansnaia tomografiia nadpochechnikov v diagnostike total'nogo i partsial'nogo giperkortitsizma.