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Ultrasound imaging in the diagnosis of benign and suspicious adrenal lesions.
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- Do Non-Functional Adrenal Adenomas Affect Metabolic Profile and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness? A Single Centre Study from Poland.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Adrenal Lesions: A Review of Imaging.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- [Adrenal imaging: anatomy and pathology (literature review)].Problemy endokrinologii · 2021Review
- Coincidence of Large Adrenal Cyst and Prominent Hyporeninemic Hyperaldosteronism.Case reports in endocrinology · 2021Article
- Point of care ultrasound in thoracic malignancy.Annals of translational medicine · 2019Review
- Imaging features of adrenal masses.Insights into imaging · 2019Review
- Ultrasonographic features of adrenal gland lesions in dogs can aid in diagnosis.BMC veterinary research · 2016Article
- Echogenicity of benign adrenal focal lesions on imaging with new ultrasound techniques - report with pictorial presentation.Journal of ultrasonography · 2015Article
- [18F]FDG- PET/CT Imaging Spectrum of the Most Prevalent Adrenal Lesions.Indian journal of nuclear medicine : IJNM : the official journal of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, IndiaArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe purpose of this study was to define the ultrasound imaging characteristics of adrenal tumors and to assess the performance of ultrasound in differentiating benign 'leave-alone' lesions from suspicious lesions. MATERIAL AND
methodsWe enrolled 882 patients in this study. The nature of each lesion was determined by histopathology. Ultrasound finding of each lesion was compared with its corresponding histopathologic result. The final study group consisted of 911 adrenal masses in 882 patients. All images were reviewed by 2 experienced investigators in a double blind manner.
resultsThere were 553 adenomas identified in the study, which constituted 60.70% of the lesions. There were 161 pheochromocytomas (17.67%), 49 myelolipomas (5.38%), 39 cysts (4.28%), 37 metastasis (4.06%), 35 ganglioneuromas (3.84%), 22 lymphomas (2.41%), and 15 cortical carcinomas (1.65%). The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of ultrasound-based diagnosis were 89%, 99%, and 93.9%, respectively. A positive predictive value of 90.9% and a negative predictive value of 94.2% were obtained in this study.
conclusionsThis large-sample study showed that ultrasound was a reliable method in differentiating benign 'leave-alone' lesions from suspicious lesions.
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