Use of CT in metastatic adrenal gland tumor

The autopsy findings and CT scans on patients with adrenal metastatic tumor over a six year period were analyzed. No pattern on CT was felt to be specific for metastatic tumor to the adrenal glands. Bilateral adrenal metastatic disease was found more common than unilateral disease by CT and by autopsy. All patients with adrenal metastatic disease had metastatic disease elsewhere. CT showed the other metastatic disease in approximately 90% of the cases. All our patients with follow-up scans showed change in the size of the tumor. CT remains the modality of choice for evaluation of the adrenal glands.