Pheochromocytoma Arising from an Accessory Adrenal Gland in a Patient with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2A: Transient Development of Clinical Manifestations after Hemorrhagic Necrosis

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 329-334

  Katai, Miyuki ^a   Sakurai, Akihiro ^a   Ichikawa, Kazuo ^a   Yamagata, Miki ^b   Ogiso, Yoshifumi ^a   Kobayashi, Shinya ^a   Hashizume, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Hokushin General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accessory adrenal gland; Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A; Necrosis; Pheochromocytoma; Remission

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; SIPPLE SYNDROME; TIME;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA TYPE 2A; NECROSIS; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032082894     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.45.329     Document Type: Article

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