title: [Differential diagnosis of space-occupying adrenal masses].
abstract: Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging are first line modalities in the evaluation of patients with adrenal gland masses, and have the potential to be very accurate for the localization of adrenal gland masses in patients with diseases associated with hyperfunctioning conditions of the adrenal gland. Both CT and MR imaging allow a specific diagnosis of acute adrenal hemorrhage, adrenal myelolipoma, and adrenal cysts. CT is also helpful in the assessment of patients with Addison's disease, particularly the subacute form secondary to granulomatous diseases. Quantitative evaluation of adrenal masses on unenhanced CT scans and/or qualitative analysis on chemical-shift MR imaging have been shown to be accurate in distinguishing adrenal adenomas from non-adenomas. Attenuation of 11 HE or less on unenhanced CT scans and/or signal loss on opposed phase MR images indicate adenoma with a high specificity and acceptable sensitivity. More recently, delayed-enhanced CT has yielded higher sensitivity and specificity values in distinguishing between adrenal adenomas and non-adenomas than both unenhanced CT and chemical-shift MR imaging do. On delayed-enhanced CT scans, adrenal adenomas exhibit a greater washout of contrast material than do adrenal non-adenomas. Therefore, adrenal non-adenomas have significantly higher attenuation than adenomas on delayed-enhanced CT scans obtained at several arbitrarily chosen time points (3-60 min) after the initiation of contrast material administration.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Radiologie, Graz. dieter.szolar@kfunigraz.ac.at
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Szolar
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Unger
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Heinz-Peer
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Preidler
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ranner
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000306:Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000307:Adrenal Gland Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D018268:Adrenocortical Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D006929:Hyperaldosteronism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018209:Myelolipoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Differentialdiagnose raumfordernder Prozesse der Nebennieren.