Coexistence of three distinct adrenal tumors in the same adrenal gland in a patient with primary aldosteronism and preclinical Cushing's syndrome

Clinical and Experimental Nephrology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-130

  Okura, Takafumi ^a   Miyoshi, Ken Ichi ^a   Watanabe, Sanae ^a   Kurata, Mie ^a   Irita, Jun ^a   Manabe, Seiko ^a   Fukuoka, Tomikazu ^a   Higaki, Jitsuo ^a   Sasano, Hironobu ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenocortical adenoma; Black adenoma; Lipofuscin; Preclinical Cushing's syndrome; Primary aldosteronism

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LIPOFUSCIN; RENIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLACK ADENOMA; CASE REPORT; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOKALEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MULTIPLE CANCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; RENIN RELEASE;

ADENOMA; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY;

EID: 33745499258     PISSN: 13421751     EISSN: 14377799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10157-006-0413-z     Document Type: Article

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