adrenal ultrasound

[Cammz]

Hi there, can anyone tell me what an adrenal ultrasound is and how is it done and is there anythng you should do or take prior to the ultrasound.

[rumpled]

Ultrasound is great for adrenals... Frankly all the imaging has problems.

I had them all and my imaging showed normal on MRI and ct before surgery, even a normal ct the night before surgery.

Pathology showed they were 2-3x normal size with some nodules. A ct 30 days after surgery said they were normal.

I just in fact got a normal on my thyroid. It was removed.  And a brain MRI missed my pituitary surgery. It came out normal. Lol. Rofl..

I always list my surgeries (13!) so why they don't read, look at the films, old films, baffles the crud out of me.

[sah302]

Ultrasounds typically won't show the adrenal's I thought? Unless they are super massive or something. i thought you needed a CT scan or MRI to show them.

[rumpled]

Thanks for letting us know!

[Cammz]

hi ladies sorry i havent posted. just wanted to let you all know i had the adrenal ultrasound and it came back clear. no masses or anythng. thank God and thank you all for the support

[rumpled]

Alas, it just depends on the searching and yes, it can be scary, but the odds are that it is benign.

I have tons of my friends with adrenal crud and nodules and stuff, and we are all benign.

Take care and keep us posted.

[Cammz]

Thank you for the information. I'm just really scared because I have been reading up on stuff and all I see is cancer of the adrenal glands. I have pcos and have been suffering for years. Is there anyway that if an adrenal mass not cancerous?

[rumpled]

I have only had this done once. It does not require any special preparation or any contrast as it is a normal ultrasound.

Normally a CT is used for imaging the adrenals, but I must say having had normal reports before and after removal (pathology said they were not normal but 2x normal size) that adrenals are not easy to see well.