Collision/Composite Tumors of the Adrenal Gland: A Pitfall of Scintigraphy Imaging and Hormone Assays in the Detection of Adrenal Metastasis | Zendy

Adeline Thorin-Savouré | Zendy; Frédérique Tissier-Rible | Zendy; Laurence Guignat | Zendy; Anne Pellerin | Zendy; Xavier Bertagna | Zendy; Jérôme Bertherat | Zendy; Hervé Lefèbvre | Zendy

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Collision/Composite Tumors of the Adrenal Gland: A Pitfall of Scintigraphy Imaging and Hormone Assays in the Detection of Adrenal Metastasis

Author(s) -

Adeline Thorin-Savouré,

Frédérique Tissier-Rible,

Laurence Guignat,

Anne Pellerin,

Xavier Bertagna,

Jérôme Bertherat,

Hervé Lefèbvre

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206

H-Index - 353

eISSN - 1945-7197

pISSN - 0021-972X

DOI - 10.1210/jc.2004-2572

Subject(s) - malignancy , metastasis , context (archaeology) , adrenal gland , scintigraphy , medicine , pathology , adenoma , radiology , cancer , biology , paleontology

In patients with a history of extraadrenal tumor, incidental discovery of an adrenal mass necessitates excluding the possibility of metastatic malignancy. Detection of the malignant tissue is a difficult challenge when metastasis occurs in an adrenal adenoma, forming a collision/composite tumor.

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