Prenatal diagnosis of fetal adrenal masses: differentiation between hemorrhage and solid tumor by color Doppler sonography.
We present four cases of fetal adrenal masses detected by routine prenatal ultrasound, of which three were adrenal hemorrhages and one was a fetal neuroblastoma. The differential diagnoses of fetal adrenal mass include adrenal hemorrhage, neuroblastoma, adrenal and cortical renal cysts, pulmonary sequestrations, duplication of the renoureteral system and Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. These can pose a diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma. A systematic comparison of the pre- and postnatal sonographic features including color Doppler imaging may help to differentiate adrenal hemorrhage from neuroblastoma prenatally.
Schwärzler
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Fetal Medicine Unit, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK.
Bernard
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Senat
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Ville
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D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005865:Gestational Age; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal