Tuberculosis of the adrenal glands: diagnosis by CT-guided fine needle biopsy

J Belge Radiol. 1993 Oct;76(5):324-5.

Abstract

Bilateral adrenal masses were found in a 64-year-old man with pulmonary tuberculosis and a pulmonary mass lesion suspicious for carcinoma. CT-guided fine needle biopsy of the left adrenal gland revealed tuberculosis. Adrenal metastases were thus excluded and probably Addison's disease, considered to be a potential complication of adrenal tuberculosis, could be prevented.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Gland Diseases / complications
  • Adrenal Gland Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tuberculosis, Endocrine / complications
  • Tuberculosis, Endocrine / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / complications