Adrenal Cortical Adenoma with Excess Black Pigment Deposition, Combined with Myelolipoma and Clinical Cushing's Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-61

  Armand, Ray ^a,c   Cappola, Anne R ^a   Horenstein, Richard B ^a   Drachenberg, Cinthia B ^a   Sasano, Hironobu ^b   Papadimitriou, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal black adenoma; Adrenal gland; Adrenal mass; Cushing's syndrome; Myelolipoma; Pigmented adenoma

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX ATROPHY; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON RESECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCORTISOLISM; MYELOLIPOMA; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0842347926     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106689690401200111     Document Type: Article

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