Adrenal imaging with MDCT: Nonneoplastic disease.
OBJECTIVE
The adrenal gland can enlarge or alter morphology in the presence of a range of nonneoplastic entities, including hyperplasia, hemorrhage, infection, or cystic mass. This article presents a description and representative CT images for each of these disorders.


CONCLUSIONS
Proper characterization is essential to ensure that life-threatening sequelae from Addisonian crisis are averted in infection and hemorrhage, or to identify "leave-alone" lesions such as pseudocyst and chronic calcification.
Johnson
Pamela T
PT
The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiologic Science, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. pjohnso5@jhmi.edu
Horton
Karen M
KM
Fishman
Elliot K
EK
D000307:Adrenal Gland Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*