Adrenocortical carcinoma: clinical update

B Allolio, M Fassnacht - The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Context: Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare and heterogeneous malignancy with
incompletely understood pathogenesis and poor prognosis. Patients present with hormone …

Management of endocrine disease: imaging for the diagnosis of malignancy in incidentally discovered adrenal masses: a systematic review and meta-analysis

J Dinnes, I Bancos, L Ferrante di Ruffano… - European journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Objective Adrenal masses are incidentally discovered in 5% of CT scans. In 2013/2014, 81
million CT examinations were undertaken in the USA and 5 million in the UK. However …

Management of adrenal incidentalomas: European society of endocrinology clinical practice guideline in collaboration with the European network for the study of …

M Fassnacht, W Arlt, I Bancos, H Dralle… - European journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
By definition, an adrenal incidentaloma is an asymptomatic adrenal mass detected on
imaging not performed for suspected adrenal disease. In most cases, adrenal …

Characterization of adrenal masses by using FDG PET: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test performance

GWL Boland, BA Dwamena, M Jagtiani Sangwaiya… - Radiology, 2011 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of published data to determine
the diagnostic utility of adrenal fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission …

Evaluation of the Sensitivity and Specificity of 11C-Metomidate Positron Emission Tomography (PET)-CT for Lateralizing Aldosterone Secretion by Conn's Adenomas

TJ Burton, IS Mackenzie, K Balan, B Koo… - The Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Context: Identification of unilateral aldosterone-producing (Conn's) adenomas has
traditionally required lateralization by the invasive and technically difficult procedure of …

Diagnostic and prognostic value of 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in adrenocortical carcinoma: a prospective comparison with computed …

S Leboulleux, C Dromain, G Bonniaud… - The Journal of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Objective: Patients with adrenocortical cancer are submitted to multiple imaging procedures
for diagnosis of recurrence and staging. The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate …

Use of [18F]Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography in Evaluating Locally Recurrent and Metastatic Adrenocortical Carcinoma

GC Mackie, BL Shulkin, RC Ribeiro… - The Journal of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Context: Adrenocortical carcinomas are uncommon, and their evaluation by [18F]
fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET) has not been well evaluated …

Future directions in the diagnosis and medical treatment of adrenocortical carcinoma

SG Creemers, LJ Hofland… - Endocrine-related …, 2016 - erc.bioscientifica.com
Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare disease with a poor prognosis. Discrimination
between ACCs and adrenocortical adenomas (ACAs) remains challenging, with the current …

[11C]Metomidate Positron Emission Tomography of Adrenocortical Tumors in Correlation with Histopathological Findings

J Hennings, O Lindhe, M Bergström… - The Journal of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Context: Adrenal incidentalomas are common findings necessitating extensive laboratory
work-up and repetitive radiological examinations. Positron emission tomography (PET) …

18F-FDG PET/CT in the characterization and surgical decision concerning adrenal masses: a prospective multicentre evaluation

C Ansquer, S Scigliano, E Mirallié, D Taïeb… - European journal of …, 2010 - Springer
Purpose This prospective multicentre study assesses the usefulness of FDG PET/CT in
characterizing and making the therapeutic decision concerning adrenal tumours that are …