Phaeochromocytoma and mixed corticomedullary tumour - A rare cause of Cushing's syndrome and labile hypertension in a primigravid woman postpartum

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 492-494

  Lee, P ^a   Bradbury, R A ^a   Sy, J ^a   Hughes, L ^a   Wong, L ^a   Falk, G ^a   Chen, R ^a  

^a Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 123; CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; METOPROLOL; OXPRENOLOL; PHENOXYBENZAMINE;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CUSHING SYNDROME; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; FETUS MONITORING; GANGLIONEUROMA; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HEADACHE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR VOLUME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; GRAVIDITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY;

EID: 39149127977     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.03038.x     Document Type: Letter

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