title: Adrenal imaging. Computed tomographic scanning and magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: On the basis of this review and others, adrenal imaging using MRI requires functional biochemical data, such as scintigraphy (NP-59 and MIBG), for cortical adrenal assessment. For medullary hyperfunction such as intra-adrenal pheochromocytomas and neuroblastomas, MRI provides excellent staging and localization. Computed tomography is preferred for biochemically established hyperfunction such as Cushing's and Conn's syndromes.
authors.affiliation: Harbor/UCLA Medical Center, Torrance.
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Bretan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lorig
mesh_terms: D000307:Adrenal Gland Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed