Cystic phaeochromocytoma is a distinctive subgroup with special clinical, imaging and histological features that might mislead the diagnosis

BJU International

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 345-350

  Andreoni, Cassio ^a,b   Krebs, Rodrigo K ^a   Bruna, Paulo C ^a   Goldman, Suzan M ^a   Kater, Claudio E ^a   Alves, Maria T S ^a   Ortiz, Valdemar ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Cysts; Laparoscopy; Phaeochromocytoma

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 123; ADRENALIN; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; METADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN; VANILMANDELIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL MEDULLA TUMOR; ADRENAL SCINTISCANNING; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CATECHOLAMINE URINE LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTIC PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TACHYCARDIA; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC CYST; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 37849053027     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07370.x     Document Type: Article

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