Response to letter to the editor: “CT characteristics of pheochromocytoma: relevance for the evaluation of adrenal incidentaloma”

We gladly respond to the interesting letter by Sweeney and Blake (1) regarding our recent paper on the Computed Tomography (CT) characteristics of pheochromocytoma, with relevance for the evaluation of adrenal incidentaloma (2). Our findings suggest that a low unenhanced attenuation of an adrenal le...

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Autores: Canu, Letizia, Van Hemert, Janna A. W., Kerstens, Michiel, Hartman, Robert P., Aakanksha, Khanna, Kraljevic, Ivana, Kastelan, Darko, Badiu, Corin, Ambroziak, Urszula, Tabarin, Antoine, Haissaguerre, Magalie, Buitenwerf, Edward, Visser, Anneke, Mannelli, Massimo, Arlt, Wiebke, Chortis, Vasileios, Bourdeau, Isabelle, Gagnon, Nadia, Buchy, Marie, Borson-Chazot, Francoise, Deutschbein, Timo, Fassnacht, Martin, Hubalewska-Dydejczyk, Alicja, Motyka, Marcin, Rzepka, Ewelina, Casey, Ruth T, Challis, Benjamin G, Quinkler, Marcus, Vroonen, Laurent, Spyroglou, Ariadni, Beuschlein, Felix, Lamas Oliveira, Cristina, Young, William F, Bancos, Irina, Timmers, Henri J. L. M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Repositorio:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM
OAI Identifier:oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/42773
Acceso en línea:http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85089922842&partnerID=MN8TOARS
https://hdl.handle.net/10578/42773
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Adrenal incidentaloma
Pheochromocytoma
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Sumario:We gladly respond to the interesting letter by Sweeney and Blake (1) regarding our recent paper on the Computed Tomography (CT) characteristics of pheochromocytoma, with relevance for the evaluation of adrenal incidentaloma (2). Our findings suggest that a low unenhanced attenuation of an adrenal lesion (= 10 Hounsfield Unit [HU]) has a high negative predictive value (> 99%) for pheochromocytoma (3). On the other hand, we found that a high absolute or relative washout of an adrenal lesion with an unenhanced attenuation of > 10 HU by no means rules out this disease.

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