Development of ipsilateral adrenocortical carcinoma sixteen years after resection of an adrenal tumour causing Cushing's syndrome

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 271-274

  Tan, H S ^a   Thai, A C ^a   Nga, M E ^a   Mukherjee, J J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex neoplasms; Adrenal gland hyperfunction; Neoplasm recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METASTASIS; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; ADRENOCORTICAL CARCINOMA; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL;

EID: 22144481020     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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