An Integrated CT and MRI Imaging Model to Differentiate between Adrenal Adenomas and Pheochromocytomas.
Marta Araujo-CastroIñigo García SanzCésar Mínguez OjedaMaría CalatayudFelicia A HanzuMireia MoraAlmudena Vicente DelgadoConcepción Blanco CarreraPaz de Miguel NovoaMaría Del Carmen López GarcíaLaura Manjón-MiguélezPablo Rodríguez de Vera-GómezMaría Del Castillo TousRebeca Barahona San MillánMónica RecansensMariana Tomé Fernández-LadredaNuria ValdésPaola Gracia GimenoCristina Robles LazaroTheodora MichalopoulouVictoria Gómez Dos SantosCristina Alvarez-EscolaRogelio García CentenoCristina Lamas OliveiraAura Dulcinea Herrera-MartínezPublished in: Cancers (2023)
Our study confirms that our predictive model combining tumor size and lipid content has high reliability for the prediction of PHEO when atypical adrenal lesions are excluded. However, for atypical adrenal lesions with >10 HU in an unenhanced CT scan, MRI information is necessary for a proper exclusion of the PHEO diagnosis.