AJR:193, October 2009
Pamela T. Johnson, Karen M. Horton,Elliot K. Fishman
OBJECTIVE. The adrenal gland can enlarge or alter morphology in the presence of a range of nonneoplastic entities, including hyperplasia, hemorrhage, infection, or cystic mass. This article presents a description and representative CT images for each of these disorders.
CONCLUSION. Proper characterization is essential to ensure that life-threatening se¬quelae from Addisonian crisis are averted in infection and hemorrhage, or to identify "leave-alone" lesions such as pseudocyst and chronic calcification.