Adenoma diagnosis by CT alone may lead to misdiagnosis

"[The study's aim was] to assess the accuracy of CT for the diagnosis of histologically confirmed adrenal adenoma and nonadenoma using CT numbers. Our study included 91 adrenal masses in 83 patients; histopathological diagnoses were 45 adenomas, 31 pheochromocytomas, 6 hyperplasias, 4 metastasis, and 5 miscellaneous lesions. Unenhanced CT in 46 patients and unenhanced and delayed contrast-enhanced (DCE) CT in 37 patients were retrospectively reviewed to examine the correlation between CT findings and those on pathological examination and to obtain diagnostic accuracy," scientists in South Korea...

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