Boland Giles W L
Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, White Building 270C, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Radiol Clin North Am. 2011 May;49(3):511-28, vii. doi: 10.1016/j.rcl.2011.02.010.
Despite their small size, pathologic condition of the adrenal glands is often far from insignificant. Imagers should therefore be familiar with the principles and techniques that underpin the ability of imaging to characterize most lesions. Ignorance of these techniques fails to deliver the necessary imaging value to referrers and patients alike. This article, outlines the range of possible abnormalities encountered in the adrenal gland, the imaging modalities and specialized techniques used to detect and characterize them, the principles based on which these techniques are used, and finally a working imaging algorithm that can be readily used in daily practice.
尽管肾上腺体积小，但肾上腺的病理状况往往绝非微不足道。因此，影像科医生应熟悉支撑成像技术对大多数病变进行特征性描述的原理和技术。忽视这些技术会使转诊医生和患者都无法获得必要的影像价值。本文概述了肾上腺可能出现的各种异常情况、用于检测和特征性描述这些异常的成像方式和专门技术、使用这些技术的依据，最后还介绍了一种可在日常实践中轻松应用的实用成像算法。
