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C. S. Pena, G. W. Boland, P. F. Hahn, M. J. Lee and P. R. Mueller, “Characterization of Indeterminate (Lipid-Poor) Adrenal Masses: Use of Washout Characteristics at Contrast-Enhanced CT,” Radiology, Vol. 217, No. 3, 2000, pp. 798-802.

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• TITLE: Multi-Detector-Row CT Diagnosis of Adrenal Incidentaloma in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma

  AUTHORS: Taisuke Harada, Tamotsu Kamishima, Satoshi Terae, Yuya Onodera, Hiroki Shirato

  KEYWORDS: CT; Adrenal Incidentaloma; Hepatocellular Carcinoma; Lipid-Poor Adrenal Adenomas; Metastatic Adrenal Tumors

  JOURNAL NAME: Advances in Computed Tomography, Vol.2 No.1, March 28, 2013

  ABSTRACT: We investigate the diagnostic reliability of differentiating between lipid-poor adrenal adenomas and metastatic adrenal tumors originating from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) using a routine dynamic CT protocol for liver imaging. Eighteen metastatic adrenal tumors originating from HCC and 13 lipid-poor adrenal adenomas were identified. Dynamic CT data were analyzed for CT attenuation of adrenal lesions before and after contrast administration. When a cutoff of 36 HU was set for adrenal lesions at pre-contrast attenuation, the sensitivity and specificity for the diagnosis of metastatic lesions were 94.4%and 92.3%, respectively. Attenuation criteria on pre-contrast CT may help optimize the differentiation between these lesions.