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*ADRENAL IMAGING INTERPRETATION* 1.SYMMETRICAL VISUALIZATION OF THE ADRENALS -ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA SECONDARY TO CUSHING'S DISEASE (INCREASED GLUCOCORTICOIDS) -BILATERAL HYPERPLASIA-HYPERALDOSTERONISM -NORMAL 2.ASYMMETRICAL VISUALIZATION OF THE ADRENAL -MACRONODULAR HYPERPLASIA-HYPERALDOSTERONISM -NORMAL-RIGHT GRATER THAN LEFT -SMALL ALDOSTERONOMAS 3.UNILATERAL VISUALIZATION -ADENOMA-CUSHING'S DISEASE (EXCESS GLUCOCOROTICOIDS) -UNILATERAL REMNANT-FOLLOWING "TOTAL" ADRENALECTOMY. 4.BILATERAL NON-VISUALIZATION -ADRENAL CARCINOMA-CUSHING'S DISEASE (EXCESS GLUCOCORTICOIDS) 5.NON-VISUALIZATION ON DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION -NORMAL 6.UNILATERAL VISUALIZATION ON DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION<br> -ALDOSTERONOMA 7.BILATERAL VISUALIZATION ON DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION -MACRONODULAR HYPERPLASIA-HYPERALDOSTERONISM -MICRONODULAR HYPERPLASIA-HYPERALDOSTERONISM 8.COLD DEFECT -PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA * ADRENAL-USEFUL TIPS * * ADRENAL-CLINICAL APPLICATIONS * * ENDOCRINE * |