An extra-adrenal abdominal pheochromocytoma causing ectopic ACTH syndrome

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1364-1368

  Otsuka, Fumio ^a   Miyoshi, Tomoko ^a   Murakami, Kazutoshi ^a   Inagaki, Kenichi ^a   Takeda, Masaya ^a   Ujike, Kazuhiro ^a   Ogura, Toshio ^a   Omori, Masako ^a   Doihara, Hiroyoshi ^a   Tanaka, Yasushi ^b   Hashimoto, Kozo ^b   Makino, Hirofumi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropin; Ectopic ACTH syndrome; Gel filtration analysis; Paraganglioma; Pheochromocytoma

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; CHROMOGRANIN A; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN[1-39]; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXAZOSIN MESYLATE; HYDROCORTISONE; IODINE 123; METYRAPONE; NORADRENALIN; TRACER;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE URINE LEVEL; CHEMODECTOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GEL FILTRATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAGANGLIOMA; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 25844439994     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2005.01.019     Document Type: Article

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