Percutaneous biopsy of adrenal and extra-adrenal retroperitoneal lesions: Beware of catecholamine secreting tumours!

Surgeon

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 279-281

  Sood, S K ^a   Balasubramanian, S P ^a   Harrison, Barney J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adrenal retroperitoneal tumours; Catecholamines; Phaeochromocytoma

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848812951     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-666X(07)80026-6     Document Type: Article

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