Current status of imaging for adrenal malignant involvement.
CT, MRI, PET and PET/CT have all been shown to be clinically useful in differentiating benign from malignant adrenal involvement. Image-guided adrenal biopsy should be considered if needed for treatment planning and for the now relatively uncommon lesions that remain indeterminate by imaging.
Blake
Michael A
MA
Department of Radiology, White 270, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, Boston MA 02114, USA. mblake2@partners.org
Kalra
Mannudeep K
MK
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000473:pathology; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000379:methods*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods