High risk of malignancy in patients with incidentally discovered adrenal masses: Accuracy of adrenal imaging and image-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology

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Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 269-274

  Lumachi, Franco ^a   Borsato, Simonetta ^a   Tregnaghi, Alberto ^a   Marino, Filippo ^a   Fassina, Ambrogio ^a   Zucchetta, Pietro ^a   Marzola, Maria Cristina ^a   Cecchin, Diego ^a   Bui, Franco ^a   Iacobone, Maurizio ^a   Favia, Gennaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenal cancer; Adrenal incidentaloma; Adrenal magnetic resonance imaging; Adrenal malignancy; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Norcholesterol scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL INCIDENTALOMA; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PNEUMOTHORAX; SCINTIGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 34447567226     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160709300307     Document Type: Article

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