Incidentally detected giant oncocytoma arising in retroperitoneal heterotopic adrenal tissue

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1118-1122

  Corsi, Alessandro ^a,b   Riminucci, Mara ^a,b   Petrozza, Vincenzo ^b   Collins, Michael T ^c   Natale, Maria E ^b   Cancrini, Antonio ^d   Bianco, Paolo ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CHROMOGRANIN; PRASTERONE; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GOOD GENERAL CONDITION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; ONCOCYTOMA; PARAGANGLIOMA; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0036771003     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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