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A Novel Method: Super-selective Adrenal Venous Sampling
Published on: September 15, 2017
Direct and indirect imaging features of adrenohepatic fusion
Jung Jae Park1, Byung Kwan Park2, Chan Kyo Kim1
1Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Ilwon-dong, Kangnam-ku, Seoul, 135-710, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
It is difficult to make a correct diagnosis when a lesion arising from adrenohepatic fusion occurs. Also, the anatomical characteristics may lead to various radiological features so that it is frequent to under- or over-treat a lesion from adrenohepatic fusion. Adrenohepatic fusion is characterized by the close intermixture of hepatocytes and adrenocortical cells with rare or no formation of a peri-adrenal capsule. The purpose of this clinical perspective was to describe the direct and indirect imaging features of adrenohepatic fusion and show their clinical implications for patient care.
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