title: [Slow computerized tomography in the study of the adrenal glands].
abstract: Computed tomographies (CT) of 32 patients with suspected adrenal disease and of 20 patients without evidence of adrenal disease performed with an 18 s scan time scanner, were reviewed. The results of a study of the normal adrenals in the coronal and sagittales planes, with the electronical reconstruction, are presented. Surgical proof was available in 11 patients. CT correctly identified 1 cortisol-producing adenoma, 1 aldosterone-producing adenoma, 4 pheocromocitomas and 2 carcinomas, but only 1 of the 3 hyperplasias. The CT rule and the usefulness of the coronal and sagittal reconstruction in the diagnosis of adrenal disease are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000450:Aldosterone / Q000378:metabolism; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000378:metabolism; D006929:Hyperaldosteronism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000450:Aldosterone; D006854:Hydrocortisone
vernacular_title: La tomografia computerizzata "lenta" nello studio dei surreni.