PSEUDOTUMORS AND INSIGNIFICANT TUMORS IN US AND CT EXAMINATIONS OF THE ADRENAL-GLANDS

  • 1 January 1984
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 16, 36-40
Abstract
Pseudotumors encountered in US [ultrasound] and CT [computed tomography] examinations of the adrenal glands performed over 2 yr are reviewed. US detected 12 pseudotumors, 1 in the right adrenal gland and 11 in the left, while 2 pseudotumors were seen in the CT. The former were due to splenic lobulation in 4 patients, accessory spleens in 4, splenic cyst in 1, renal cysts in 2 and the bowel contents in 1, and the latter to the stomach and an accessory spleen (both of these CT examinations were technically unsuccessful). The 7 benign, non-functioning adenomas detected in CT and causing problems of differential diagnosis were also collected over the same period. A comparison of the US findings for 30 malignant adrenal tumors and the above pseudotumors revealed no essential differences, nor did a comparison of the benign non-functioning adenomas and small malignant adrenal tumors.