Bowel perforation as a presenting feature of pheochromocytoma: Case report and literature review

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 385-388

  Karri, Vasu ^a   Khan, Sumaira Latif ^a   Wilson, Yvonne ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INTESTINE; INTESTINE PERFORATION; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; REVIEW;

ABDOMEN; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLANDS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; INTESTINES; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33750686610     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP.11.6.385     Document Type: Article

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