Adrenal adenomas: Relationship between histologic lipid-rich cells and CT attenuation number

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 198-202

  Yamada, Takayuki ^a   Ishibashi, Tadashi ^a   Saito, Haruo ^a   Matsuhashi, Toshio ^a   Majima, Kazuhiro ^a   Tsuda, Masashi ^a   Takahashi, Shoki ^a   Moriya, Takuya ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal adenoma; Aldosteronism; Cushing's syndrome; Non functioning tumor

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; LIPIDS; PATIENT TREATMENT; TUMORS;

CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS;

RADIOLOGY;

LIPID;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEVICE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADENOMA; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0242721344     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(02)00217-6     Document Type: Article

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