Adrenal incidentalomas: Surgical treatment in 28 patients and update of the literature

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 295-302

  Porcaro, A B ^a   Novella, G ^a   Ficarra, V ^a   Curti, P ^a   Antoniolli, S Zecchini ^a   Suangwoua, H S ^a   Malossini, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Incidentaloma

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; METADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE; VANILMANDELIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ADRENAL CYST; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOPOIESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MYELOLIPOMA; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME; URINARY EXCRETION; URINARY TRACT CARCINOMA; UROTHELIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034838596     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017587312369     Document Type: Article

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