Calcified aldosterone-producing adrenocortical adenoma

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 50-54

  Jelic, Tomislav M ^b   Triest, William ^a   Sheils, John ^a   Porter, David ^a   Cherry, Daniel ^b   Baltaro, Richard J ^b   Sheils Jr , William ^a   Driscoll, Henry K ^b   Solanki, Haresh P ^c   Molina, Raphael ^a   Molina, Louis ^a   Chertow, Bruce S ^b,c  

^a Cabell Huntington Hospital   (United States)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal calcifications; Aldosterone secreting neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0029944749     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0899-7071(95)00092-5     Document Type: Article

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