Pheochromocytoma presenting as an abdominal emergency: Association with perforation of the colon

Digestion

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 61-66

  Mazaki, Takero ^a,c   Hara, Junko ^b   Watanabe, Yoshihiro ^b   Suzuki, Shigeru ^b   Kohno, Tomohisa ^b   Eguchi, Teruo ^b   Iwai, Shigetomi ^b  

^a Kobari General Hospital   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Kobari General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal emergency; Adrenergic receptors, alpha, beta; Catecholamines; Gastrointestinal manifestations, pheochromocytoma; Ileus; Ischemic colitis; Perforation, colon; Pheochromocytoma; Pseudo obstruction

Indexed keywords

BUNAZOSIN; INSULIN; LAXATIVE; NIFEDIPINE; VOGLIBOSE;

ABDOMEN; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON PERFORATION; CONSTIPATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PERITONITIS; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADRENAL TUMOR; COLON DISEASE; INTESTINE PERFORATION;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; AGED; CASE REPORT; COLONIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; HUMANS;

EID: 0036010677     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000051933     Document Type: Article

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