Adrenal extramedullary hematopoiesis: Report on a pediatric case and update of the literature

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 601-603

  Porcaro, Antonio Benito ^a   Novella, Giovanni ^a   Antoniolli, Stefano Zecchini ^a   Martignoni, Guido ^a   Brunelli, Matteo ^a   Curti, Pierpaolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Extramedullary hematopoiesis; Incidentaloma; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CANCER; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENALECTOMY; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HUMAN; MYELOID METAPLASIA; PARENCHYMA; SPLENOMEGALY;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLANDS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIESIS, EXTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS;

EID: 0035779629     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020578501167     Document Type: Article

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