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Scintigraphic diagnosis of subclinical Cushing's syndrome in patients with adrenal incidentalomas.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8692469     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Adrenal scintigraphy has been shown to be a useful procedure for the characterization of incidentally discovered adrenal tumours. The functional evaluation of these patients is controversial. This paper describes the biochemical and pathological findings in five patients with asymptomatic adrenal masses and unilateral concordant adrenocortical scintigraphic uptake. All the patients were diagnosed as having subclinical Cushing's Syndrome, without clinical or biochemical adrenocortical dysfunction. Scintigraphy is the most sensitive method for detecting an adrenal adenoma in the subclinical setting when the disease is not yet demonstrable by biochemical methods.
Authors:
L Dominguez-Gadea; L Diez; G Piedrola-Maroto; A Crespo
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Nuclear medicine communications     Volume:  17     ISSN:  0143-3636     ISO Abbreviation:  Nucl Med Commun     Publication Date:  1996 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1996-08-26     Completed Date:  1996-08-26     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8201017     Medline TA:  Nucl Med Commun     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  29-32     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ramon y Cajal Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adrenal Cortex / pathology,  radionuclide imaging*
Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / diagnosis,  pathology,  radiography*
Aged
Cushing Syndrome / diagnosis,  etiology,  radionuclide imaging*
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Middle Aged
Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology,  radiography,  radionuclide imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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