Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of adrenal tuberculosis.
Adrenal tuberculosis remains an important cause of Addison's disease. Acute tuberculosis adrenalitis may produce mass-like enlargement of the glands which requires differentiation from primary or secondary neoplastic disease. Using percutaneous fine-needle aspiration biopsy, the authors made the diagnosis of tuberculosis adrenalitis in two patients who presented with Addison's disease; and enlarged adrenal glands seen using computed tomography.
D000307:Adrenal Gland Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000309:Adrenal Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014383:Tuberculosis, Endocrine / Q000175:diagnosis*