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Fortuitous imaging of a primary adrenocortical carcinoma with Tc-99m HDP.
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Clinical nuclear medicine [Clin Nucl Med] 1995 Oct; Vol. 20 (10), pp. 906-8. - Publication Year :
- 1995
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Abstract
- The importance of evaluating nonfunctional adrenal masses in the right clinical setting is discussed. A 60-year-old man was initially diagnosed of having a localized lung carcinoma. Metastatic work-up showed an adrenal mass that was not deemed to be related to the lung primary. Although biochemical testing revealed that the adrenal mass was nonfunctional, adrenal scintigraphy was not performed. On resection, the lung neoplasm was shown to be a poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma. Radiologic follow-up of the adrenal finding was recommended. A year later, the patient presented with an abdominal mass that was visualized by bone scintigraphy and, on resection, proved to be adrenocortical carcinoma. In retrospect, the lung mass was a metastasis of an adrenocortical carcinoma.
- Subjects :
- Bone Neoplasms diagnostic imaging
Bone Neoplasms secondary
Bone and Bones diagnostic imaging
Humans
Lung Neoplasms secondary
Male
Middle Aged
Radionuclide Imaging
Adenocarcinoma diagnostic imaging
Adenocarcinoma secondary
Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms diagnostic imaging
Technetium Tc 99m Medronate analogs & derivatives
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0363-9762
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Clinical nuclear medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 8616998
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00003072-199510000-00011