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A Novel Method: Super-selective Adrenal Venous Sampling
Published on: September 15, 2017
Imaging of nontraumatic adrenal hemorrhage
Eric Jordan1, Liina Poder, Jesse Courtier
1Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco, Box 0628, M-372, 505 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143-0628, USA.
Objective:
The purpose of this pictorial essay is to review the imaging findings of acute, chronic, and tumor-related nontraumatic adrenal hemorrhage.
Conclusion:
Rapid development or evolution of a nonenhancing adrenal mass or masses with an adreniform shape or high T1 signal intensity on MR images of a patient under stress or with a bleeding diathesis, including anticoagulant use, suggests acute adrenal hemorrhage. Chronic hemorrhage appears as a thin-walled pseudocyst or atrophy. Imaging findings that may indicate underlying tumor include intralesional calcification, enhancement, and hypermetabolic activity on PET images.
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