Imaging features of primary adrenal lymphoma

• Published in: Chinese medical journal Vol. 122; no. 20; pp. 2516 - 2520
• Main Authors: Wang, Jun-ping, Sun, Hao-ran, Li, Ya-jun, Bai, Ren-ju, Gao, Shuo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China Department of Radiology, General Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300052, China%PET/CT Center, General Hospital of Tianjin Medical University,Tianjin 300052, China 20.10.2009
• Subjects: Adrenal Gland Neoplasms - pathology; Adrenal Glands - pathology; Adult; Aged; CT检查; Female; Humans; Lymphoma - pathology; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Middle Aged; PAL制式; Positron-Emission Tomography; 人民群众; 原发性; 影像学; 恶性淋巴瘤; 核磁共振成像技术; 肾上腺; CT; primary adrenal lymphoma; MRI; PET
• ISSN: 0366-6999; 2542-5641
• DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2009.20.021

Secondary involvement of the adrenal glands with non-Hodgkin＇s lympboma （NHL） has been reported to occur in up to 25% of patients during the course of disease. However, primary adrenal lymphoma （PAL） is very rare. So far, less than 80 cases have been reported in English hterature. Patients with PAL usually present with bilateral adrenal masses and no evidence of extraadrenal spreading. Among the cases, ultrasound （US）, CT and MRI were the imaging tech lesion. Recently, whole body used to describe the G PET/CT has shown promising results in differentiating PAL from metastatic adrenal masses in patients with known or suspected malignancies. We report four cases of PAL to investigate the imaging features of PAL and review the literature for this disease in detail.