Adrenal glands transabdominal ultrasonography - pictorial essay

Authors

  • Romeo Ioan Chira 1st Medical Clinic, Gastroenterology Department, Emergency Clinical County Hospital Cluj, Internal Medicine Department, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca
  • Alexandra Chira 2nd Medical Clinic, Department of Internal Medicine, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca
  • Roberta Maria Manzat-Saplacan 1st Medical Clinic, Gastroenterology Department, Emergency Clinical County Hospital Cluj, Department of Internal Medicine, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca
  • Georgiana Nagy 1st Medical Clinic, Gastroenterology Department, Emergency Clinical County Hospital Cluj, Department of Internal Medicine, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca
  • Ana Valea Endocrinology Department, Emergency Clinical County Hospital Cluj, „Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca
  • Alina Cristina Silaghi Endocrinology Department, Emergency Clinical County Hospital Cluj, „Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca
  • Petru Adrian Mircea 1st Medical Clinic, Gastroenterology Department, Emergency Clinical County Hospital Cluj, Internal Medicine Department, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca
  • Simona Valean 1st Medical Clinic, Gastroenterology Department, Emergency Clinical County Hospital Cluj, Internal Medicine Department, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11152/mu-978

Keywords:

adrenal glands, incidentaloma, ultrasonography

Abstract

Adrenal gland ultrasonography is one of the corner stones of the abdominal ultrasonography examination for many medical specialties. The adrenal areas can be easily overlooked though adrenal gland pathology is diverse. We present the normal aspects and various transabdominal ultrasonography findings of the adrenal glands, both common and rare. Even though ultrasound examination is operator and patient dependent, we consider the examination of the adrenal glands very important, due to relatively frequent incidental detection of an adrenal mass.

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Published

2017-05-03

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 3 (2017)

Section

Pictorial essay

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