A case of concurrent bilateral adrenocortical adenoma causing Cushing's syndrome

Acta Urologica Japonica

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 275-278

  Koga, Fumitaka ^a   Sumi, Shuhei ^a   Umeda, Hiroshi ^a   Maeda, Setsuo ^a   Honda, Mikihiko ^a   Hosoya, Yoshikatsu ^a   Yano, Masataka ^a   Konita, Arihiro ^a   Suzuki, Sumie ^a   Yoshida, Ken Ichiro ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bilateral adrenocortical adenoma; Cushing's syndrome; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE CANCER; PATHOLOGY;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY;

EID: 2442421151     PISSN: 00181994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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