NLS-diagnosis By Meta Hunter Allow A Substantially Increase In The Early And Accurate Diagnosis Of Adrenal Tumors

Adrenal tumors do not occur very often: still they are known to be the most hormone- active and even if small sized cause various glandular disorders. However in practice adrenal tumors often clinically develop with no symptoms in evidence or are accompanied by vague complaints.

Both documentary evidence and our experience show that 6 months to two years may elapse from primary disease manifestations to forming a diagnosis. Early detection of adrenal tumors has become an important clinical problem, which is now conventionally solved by means of ultrasound investigations (US) along with computer tomography (CT), magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) and angiography (AG).

Today NLS-scopy is one of the most advanced informative hardware-based methods of diagnosis. The NLS method will allow a substantially increase in the early and accurate diagnosis of adrenal tumors. The implementation of the latest devices equipped with digital trigger sensors made it possible to detect any growth sized around 1 cm in adrenals, which is comparable to computer tomography in terms of diagnostic accuracy.

According to the literature and our information the different diagnosis of benign and malignant adrenal tumors is an extremely difficult process. A malignant pattern of the detected growth can be suspected only in the presence of an irregular internal structure of the growth, restricted kidney mobility at forced breathing, enlarged regional lymph nodes and metastases in other organs.

Diagnosis of adrenal tumors is complicated because of diverse clinical implications in place. The potentials of the NLS-diagnosis by Meta hunter could scarcely be overestimated, for the simplicity of the investigation procedure, its harmlessness and rich informational content allowed us to make a correct and prompt diagnosis in 78% of cases. The investigation showed that NLS-scopy may become as efficient method of adrenal tumor examination as computer tomography and US. Patients having complaints typical for adrenal tumors should be examined by means of the NLS-method the first. Patients with symptoms indicative of adrenal tumor should be referred to specialized endocrine surgery departments where they would be thoroughly investigated using US, CT and MRT which will enable a substantial reduction in the investigation time and thus a more appropriate and early treatment.