Tuberculosis of the adrenal glands: diagnosis by CT-guided fine needle biopsy.
Bilateral adrenal masses were found in a 64-year-old man with pulmonary tuberculosis and a pulmonary mass lesion suspicious for carcinoma. CT-guided fine needle biopsy of the left adrenal gland revealed tuberculosis. Adrenal metastases were thus excluded and probably Addison's disease, considered to be a potential complication of adrenal tuberculosis, could be prevented.
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Department of Radiology, University Hospitals KU Leuven, Belgium.
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Demedts
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D000307:Adrenal Gland Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014383:Tuberculosis, Endocrine / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications