Bilateral adrenal hemorrhage resulting in acute adrenal insufficiency as an unusual complication of hepatic arterial chemoembolization

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 271-274

  Redd, Douglas C B ^a,b   Soulen, Michael C ^a   Crooks, Gary W ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal glands, hemorrhage; Chemoembolization; Hepatic arteries, chemoembolization

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; ETHIODIZED OIL; FLUDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE; MITOMYCIN C; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ADRENAL HEMORRHAGE; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; COLON CARCINOMA; FATALITY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031884734     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1051-0443(98)70268-4     Document Type: Article

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