MEDRADSC 3C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Vasodilation, Biliary Tract, Opportunistic Infection

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28 May 2018

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Adrenal Gland Biopsies

• Not doe routiely, oly he e’e already doe a CT ad ruled out that it is’t eig

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• Adrenal gland: yellow, they are on top of the kidneys and are kind of curving forward, sits more

anterior, perched forward

• Posterior elements of abdo cavity

• Ct vs US:

o Uless patho, it’s hard to see o US eause it’s isoehoi (sae desity as surroud

structures), ribs can impact visualization

o CT: hover over a pixel and see the HU (density), can tell the diff between

malignancy/benign tumour

• Now on decline due to CT an MRI ability to diagnose benign lesions

o lipid sensitive imaging techniques (mousing over the pixel and being able to see the

tissue characteristics)

• CT is often the modality of choice for adrenal biopsies

• Ultrasound for large masses

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