Comparison of CT findings in symptomatic and incidentally discovered pheochromocytomas

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 684-688

  Motta Ramirez, Gaspar A ^a,b   Remer, Erick M ^a   Herts, Brian R ^a   Gill, Inderbir S ^a   Hamrahian, Amir H ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL CENTRAL MILITAR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL CYST; ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; ADRENAL TUMOR; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 27744460467     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.185.3.01850684     Document Type: Review

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