04.01.2020 | Letter to the Editor
Chemical-shift Imaging: does it have a role in the management of adrenal masses?
verfasst von:
Gonçalo Freire, Miguel Ramalho
Erschienen in:
Abdominal Radiology
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Ausgabe 4/2020
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Excerpt
We read with great interest the article by Dr. Glazer and Dr. Mayo-Smith that was published in the July issue of Abdominal Radiology (2019), reviewing the current evidence and guidelines for the diagnosis and management of incidental adrenal masses with a focus on the recommendations made by the American College of Radiology (ACR) Incidental Findings Committee [
1,
2]. In their article, the authors state that Chemical-shift MRI (CSI) has been shown to have a sensitivity of 67% and a specificity of 89–100%, similar to CT [
1,
3]. However, this statement is misleading as it is related to a subgroup of lesions that are not characterized by unenhanced CT, i.e., lesions with more than 10 HU [
3]. Moreover, Israel et al. [
4] also demonstrated that 62% of adrenal adenomas measuring more than 10 HU on unenhanced CT could be definitively characterized with CSI. …