Virilizing adrenocortical adenoma with Cushing's syndrome, thyroid papillary carcinoma and hypergastrinemia in a middle-aged woman

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 179-187

  Fukushima, Ayumi ^a   Okada, Yosuke ^a   Tanikawa, Takahisa ^a   Kawahara, Chie ^a   Misawa, Haruo ^a   Kanda, Kazuko ^a   Morita, Emiko ^a   Sasano, Hironobu ^b   Tanaka, Yoshiya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypergastrinemia; Multiple endocrine neoplasia; Thyroid papillary carcinoma; Virilizing adrenocortical tumor

Indexed keywords

17 OXOSTEROID; 3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450C11; CYTOCHROME P450C17; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACNE; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL SCINTISCANNING; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ALOPECIA; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERGASTRINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME; VIRILIZATION; VOICE;

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; ANGIOGRAPHY; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; GASTRINS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VIRILISM;

EID: 0038333428     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.50.179     Document Type: Article

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