title: Metastatic adrenal tumor from clear-cell renal cell carcinoma: a pitfall of chemical shift MR imaging.
abstract: We present a case of adrenal metastasis from clear-cell renal cell carcinoma in which presence of a small amount of fat was shown on chemical shift gradient-echo magnetic resonance imaging. Radiologists should be aware that signal loss of the adrenal tumor on out-of-phase gradient-echo images does not always suggest the diagnosis of benign adenoma, particularly in patients with a history of renal cell carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shinozaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshimitsu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuroiwa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Irie
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aibe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naito
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Migita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Asayama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Masuda
mesh_terms: D018262:Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged