Is Surgery Necessary for Incidentally Discovered Adrenal Masses in Children?

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 754-758

  Masiakos, Peter T ^a,b   Gerstle, J Ted ^a,b   Cheang, Timothy ^a,b   Viero, Sandra ^a,b   Kim, Peter C W ^a,b   Wales, Paul ^a,b  

^a Hospital for Sick Children ^*

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adrenal tumors; Incidentaloma; Management; Oncology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CYST; ADRENAL HEMORRHAGE; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADRENAL TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GANGLIONEUROMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NEUROBLASTOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERATOMA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 2442584700     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2004.01.039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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