Adrenal Masses of Varied Etiology Anatomical and Molecular Imaging Features on PET-CT

作者:Sharma Punit; Singh Harmandeep; Dhull Varun Singh; Suman Sudhir K C; Kumar Abhishek; Bal Chandrasekhar; Kumar Rakesh*
来源:Clinical Nuclear Medicine, 2014, 39(3): 251-260.

摘要

A wide spectrum of benign and malignant diseases can present as an adrenal mass. Combined PET-CT is useful for evaluation of adrenocortical and adrenomedullary masses. F-18-FDG has been extensively used as PET radiotracer for this purpose. F-18-FDOPA PET, Ga-68-DOTA peptide (Ga-68-DOTANOC/TATE) PET, and C-11-HED PET have also been used for imaging of adrenal medullary lesions, whereas C-11-MTO PET has been used for adrenocortical imaging. We provide a review of imaging characteristics of adrenal gland pathologies on PET-CT using different tracers.