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Metastatic adrenal tumor from clear-cell renal cell carcinoma: a pitfall of chemical shift MR imaging

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We present a case of adrenal metastasis from clear-cell renal cell carcinoma in which presence of a small amount of fat was shown on chemical shift gradient-echo magnetic resonance imaging. Radiologists should be aware that signal loss of the adrenal tumor on out-of-phase gradient-echo images does not always suggest the diagnosis of benign adenoma, particularly in patients with a history of renal cell carcinoma.

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  1. Department of Clinical Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan, JP

    K. Shinozaki, K. Yoshimitsu, H. Honda, T. Kuroiwa, H. Irie, H. Aibe & K. Masuda

  2. Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan, JP

    S. Naito

  3. Department of Pathology II, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan, JP

    T. Migita & Y. Asayama

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  1. K. Shinozaki
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Received: 16 May 2000/Accepted after revision: 13 September 2000

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Shinozaki, K., Yoshimitsu, K., Honda, H. et al. Metastatic adrenal tumor from clear-cell renal cell carcinoma: a pitfall of chemical shift MR imaging. Abdom Imaging 26, 439–442 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002610000176

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