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A Novel Method: Super-selective Adrenal Venous Sampling
Published on: September 15, 2017
Adrenocortical carcinoma: contrast washout characteristics on CT
James M A Slattery1, Michael A Blake, Mannudeep K Kalra
1Department of Abdominal Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St., White 270C, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Objective:
The purpose of this study was to characterize pathologically proven adrenocortical carcinoma by examination of washout attenuation characteristics on contrast-enhanced CT images.
Conclusion:
Adrenocortical carcinoma has relative contrast retention on delayed contrast-enhanced CT. All tumors in this series had a relative percentage washout less than 40%, a finding consistent with malignant disease.
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