title: [Incidental finding: left sided solid adrenal mass].
abstract: In a 49 year old male patient diagnostic evaluation of pneumonia performed by computed tomography revealed a left sided adrenal mass. The results of laboratory examination and MR-imaging of the adrenal glands suggested a hormonal inactive adrenal adenoma. Two years later, due to an increase in size, a surgical procedure was performed which revealed a gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the posterior gastric wall, rather than the suspected adrenal mass. Radiologic evaluation of adrenal masses and the clinical and pathologic characteristics of stromal tumors are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Poliklinik, Universitätsspital Zürich.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Häner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurrer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hilfiker
authors.forename: Ch
authors.initials: Ch
authors.lastname: Nigg
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Greminger
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013270:Stomach / Q000473:pathology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed