Abrupt enlargement of adrenal incidentaloma: A case of isolated adrenal metastasis

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 785-788

  Miyoshi, Tomoko ^a   Otsuka, Fumio ^a   Suzuki, Jiro ^a   Inagaki, Kenichi ^a   Kano, Yoshihiro ^a   Ogura, Toshio ^a   Kiura, Katsuyuki ^a   Saika, Takashi ^a   Makino, Hirofumi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal incidentaloma; Adrenal metastasis; Lung cancer; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 131; 6BETA IODOMETHYL 19 NORCHOLEST 5(10) EN 3BETA OL I 131; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 30844437300     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.52.785     Document Type: Article

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