Ruptured pheochromocytoma presenting with acute abdomen and pulmonary edema

Internal Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 933-934

  Takeshita, Tohru ^a   Takeshita, Koji ^a   Tagawa, Yoshihiro ^a   Horie, Shigeo ^a   Furui, Shigeru ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Pheochromocytoma; Pulmonary edema; Rupture

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 131; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RUPTURE; SCINTIGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PULMONARY EDEMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748302053     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.45.1767     Document Type: Article

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