title: Adrenal carcinoma with a signal loss on chemical shift magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: A case of primary adrenal carcinoma that showed a decreased signal in part of the tumor on chemical shift magnetic resonance imaging (CSI) is reported. The patient had clinical symptoms of Cushing syndrome. The tumor was a discrete right adrenal mass about 3.4 cm in largest diameter. It was surgically removed and diagnosed as adrenal carcinoma histopathologically. Two portions where clear cells were prominent were recognized. These areas probably contributed to the signal loss on CSI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tohoku University Hospital, 1-1 Seiryomachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8574, Japan. yamataka@rad.med.tohoku.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Haruo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Moriya
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsuboi
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsuhashi
authors.forename: Shoki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods