Adrenal incidentalomas - Analysis of 23 cases discovered by ultrasound

Neoplasma

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 137-141

  Goncalvesova E ^a   Hnilica, P ^a   Motovska Z ^a   Goncalves, F ^a   Kovac A ^b  

^a Department of Medicine   (Slovakia)

^b Derer 's University Hospital Slovakia   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Adrenal incidentaloma; management; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; MYELOLIPOMA; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA;

EID: 0030914597     PISSN: 00282685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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