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1 Assistant Professor of Radiology, Tufts University School of Medicine
2 Resident in Radiology
A method of selective adrenal angiography is described. It utilizes the direct catheterization of small aortic branches as well as the pharmacologic unresponsiveness of the adrenal gland to epinephrine.
Among 14 patients studied, this method
[See figure in the PDF file]
has been found useful in diagnosing adrenal hyperplasia and adrenal adenomas, in localizing pheochromocytomas, in demonstrating adrenal metastases, and in determining the tissue of origin and extent of suprarenal masses.
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