Late relapse of adrenocortical carcinoma in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. Clinical, endocrinological and genetic aspects

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 439-443

  Hertel, Niels Thomas ^a   Carlsen, N ^a   Kerndrup, G ^a   Pedersen, I L ^b   Clausen, N ^c   Hahnemann, J M D ^d   Jacobsen, B B ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HERNING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d JOHN F KENNEDY INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adrenocortical carcinoma; Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome; Childhood; Hemihypertrophy; LIT1

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ANAMNESIS; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CUSHING DISEASE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC CORRELATION; HEMIHYPERTROPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; MENINGEAL METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; STEROID EXCRETION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THIGH; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRILIZATION; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; BLOOD; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; GENETICS; LUNG TUMOR; MENINGIOMA; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; MUSCLE TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENOCORTICAL CARCINOMA; BECKWITH-WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MUSCLE NEOPLASMS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; THIGH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0042878488     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2003.tb00575.x     Document Type: Article

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