The adrenal incidentaloma is no time bomb - Arguments for a follow up;Ein Nebennierenzufallstumor ist keine 'Zeitbombe' - Argumente fur die Verlaufskontrolle

Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 487-493

  Hensen, J ^a,f   Harsch, I ^a   Sachse, R ^a   Pavel, M ^a   Rico, A F ^a   Walter, P ^a   Stark, S ^d   Schrott, K M ^d   Kirchner, Th ^e   Wittekind, Ch ^b   Knoch, M ^c  

^a Med Klinik I mit Poliklinik   (Germany)

^b Pathologisch Anatomisches Institut   (Germany)

^c Chirurgische Klinik   (Germany)

^d Urologische Klinik   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenal incidentaloma; Diagnosis; Follow up; Management

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL TUMOR; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OBSERVATION; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENALECTOMY; ECTOPIC HORMONE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; MALE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PARANEOPLASTIC ENDOCRINE SYNDROMES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030634101     PISSN: 0044409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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