Case report: chronic expanding hematoma in the adrenal gland with pathologic correlations.
We report a case of chronic expanding hematoma in the adrenal gland. Mixed signal intensity in a mosaic pattern was seen on T2-weighted images. A focal area suggesting a subacute hematoma was also noted. The dynamic CT scan showed heterogeneous contrast enhancement in the arterial phase and heterogeneous spread of the enhanced area within the tumor. Awareness of this finding may prevent the misdiagnosis of a tumor as a neoplastic intratumoral hemorrhage.
Yamada
Takayuki
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Department of diagnostic Radiology, Tohoku University, School of Medicine, Miyati, Japan. yamataka@rad.med.tohoku.ac.jp
Ishibashi
Tadashi
T
Saito
Haruo
H
Sato
Akihiro
A
Matsuhashi
Toshio
T
Takahashi
Shoki
S
Moriya
Takuya
T
D000307:Adrenal Gland Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000473:pathology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed