Malignant and unclear histological findings in incidentalomas

European Surgical Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-238

  Duenschede, F ^a   Bittinger, F ^a   Heintz, A ^b   Musholt, T ^a   Korenkov, M ^a   Kann, P ^c   Ewald, P ^a   Gockel, I ^a   Junginger, T ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b St Hildegardis Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Adrenal carcinoma; Endoscopic surgery; Incidentaloma; Malignancy

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADRENAL INCIDENTALOMA; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOLIPOMA; NEURILEMOMA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, ENDOCRINE; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 39149131687     PISSN: 0014312X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111147     Document Type: Article

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