Total replacement of the aorta and the inferior vena cava after resection of an extra-adrenal malignant pheochromocytoma

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 108-110

  Hanazawa, Kisaburo ^a   Koizumi, Kazuo ^a   Tanaka, Michio ^a   Watanabe, Ryota ^a   Fujime, Makoto ^b  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SHIZUOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aorta; Extra adrenal; Inferior vena cava; Malignant pheochromocytoma; Replacement

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADULT; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN GRAFT;

EID: 0034060553     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000030502     Document Type: Article

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