PMID: 16509086Mar 3, 2006Paper

Using magnetic-resonance tomography in differential diagnosis of the adrenal glands malignant tumors

Klinichna khirurhiia
I V KomissarenkoK V Negrienko

Abstract

Possibilities of application of magnet-resonance tomography (MRT) for differential diagnosis of the adrenal glands tumors were studied up. MRT was conducted to 39 patients with adrenal glands tumors, including 22 - with malignant adrenal gland tumor, 17 - with benign tumor of adrenal gland. MRT constitutes the most effective method of topic diagnosis of the adrenal glands tumor, owes multipurpose possibilities, do not deliver radiation load, permits to visualize the vessels without the contrast media usage. The tumor diameter more than 10,1 cm, irregular form, illegible edges, uneven contours, presence of lymphadenopathy, regional or remote metastases constitutes diagnostic criterions of the adrenal glands malignant tumors. The intensity of MRT signal could not be used for differential diagnosis of malignant and benign tumors of adrenal glands.

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