Indications and results of surgery for incidentally found adrenal tumors

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-178

  Meyer, A ^a   Behrend, M ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Deggendorf   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenal incidentaloma; Adrenalectomy; Incidentally found adrenal tumors

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; METADRENALIN; POTASSIUM; RENIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOLIPOMA; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33746887414     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093915     Document Type: Article

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