Book chapter
Imaging of Adrenal Neoplasms
Atlas of Genitourinary Oncological Imaging, pp.121-158
Atlas of Oncology Imaging, Springer New York
11/02/2012
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4872-3_5
Abstract
Lesions of the adrenal glands rarely present clinically and are usually detected as incidental findings on imaging. The incidence of adrenal masses found at computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the abdomen has been reported to be 4–6 %, with the overall number of lesions having increased significantly in recent years given the rapid expansion of abdominal imaging in clinical practice. This incidence varies greatly with age: patients between 20 and 29 years of age, for example, have a 0.2 % incidence of adenomas detected on CT, compared with 7–10 % in elderly patients.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Imaging of Adrenal Neoplasms
- Creators
- Asim A. Afaq - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterRobert A. Lefkowitz - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Atlas of Genitourinary Oncological Imaging, pp.121-158
- Publisher
- Springer New York; New York, NY
- Series
- Atlas of Oncology Imaging
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4614-4872-3_5
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/02/2012
- Academic Unit
- Radiology
- Record Identifier
- 9984320089702771
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