title: MR imaging of renal and adrenal masses in children.
abstract: A large variety of benign and malignant masses of the kidneys and adrenal glands occur in children. MR imaging is an effective technique for evaluating these lesions. It is a particularly useful problem-solving test in patients with equivocal ultrasonographic or CT results. The need for sedation of young children undergoing MR imaging is a drawback as is its relative insensitivity for detecting calcification. Advantages of MR imaging include superior soft-tissue contrast, direct acquisition of images in any plane, lack of ionizing radiation, and excellent depiction of the abdominal vasculature, bone marrow, and spinal canal.
authors.affiliation: Mansoura University Hospital, Mansoura, Egypt.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Bilal
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000473:pathology; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016292:Procedural Sedation; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013115:Spinal Canal / Q000473:pathology