The pediatric patient with suspected adrenal neoplasm: Which radiological test to use?
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- critical commentary
- Published by Wiley in Medical and Pediatric Oncology
- Vol. 20 (1) , 53-57
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mpo.2950200111
Abstract
To establish which radiological test to use in a pediatric patient with suspected neoplasm, we retrospectively studied 19 children with proven adrenal neoplasm who had a combination of ultrasound (US), computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The results show that US should remain the initial imaging modality for evaluating abdominal masses in children but that MRI is more accurate than CT and US in detecting the organ of origin and the extent of an adrenal lesion and should, therefore, be the modality of choice for the definitive evaluation of adrenal neoplasm in children.Keywords
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