Prenatal Assessment of Atypical Adrenal Glands: A Systematic Approach for Diagnosis.
Emmanuelle LesieurAurélie NoirePaul MauriceCatherine GarelJean-Marie JouannicKatia ChaumoitreFlorence BretelleJean Baptiste HaumonteGuillaume GorincourEdwin QuarelloPublished in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2020)
The aim of this study was to identify specific unusual prenatal ultrasound (US) patterns of the adrenal gland and to propose a systematic approach for diagnosis. Six fetuses with unusual aspects of one or both adrenal glands, detected during routine prenatal US screening, were evaluated. Prenatal and postnatal management are described. A checklist of US features was created to perform a detailed analysis of adrenal lesions and guide prenatal management; this includes the time of appearance, location, growth, vascularization, structure, and presence of findings suggestive of malignancy.