An unusual case of spontaneous rupture of a clinically 'silent' phaeochromocytoma

Anticancer Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1 B, 1997, Pages 717-720

  Sapienza, Paolo ^a   Tedesco, Manfredo ^a   Graziano, Paolo ^b   Moretti, Marco ^a   Mingazzini, Pietro L ^b   Cavallaro, Antonino ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Phaeochromocytoma; Silent; Spontaneous rupture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0031052560     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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