Prenatal diagnosis of fetal adrenal masses: differentiation between hemorrhage and solid tumor by color Doppler sonography

Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 1999 May;13(5):351-5. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1999.13050351.x.

Abstract

We present four cases of fetal adrenal masses detected by routine prenatal ultrasound, of which three were adrenal hemorrhages and one was a fetal neuroblastoma. The differential diagnoses of fetal adrenal mass include adrenal hemorrhage, neuroblastoma, adrenal and cortical renal cysts, pulmonary sequestrations, duplication of the renoureteral system and Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. These can pose a diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma. A systematic comparison of the pre- and postnatal sonographic features including color Doppler imaging may help to differentiate adrenal hemorrhage from neuroblastoma prenatally.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Fetal Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Fetal Diseases / pathology
  • Gestational Age
  • Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging*
  • Hemorrhage / pathology
  • Humans
  • Neuroblastoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Neuroblastoma / pathology
  • Ovarian Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Ovarian Diseases / pathology
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal*