Bilateral primary adrenal non-hodgkin's lymphoma - A case report and review of the literature

European Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 221-228

  Ozimek, Alexandra ^a   Diebold, J ^a   Linke, R ^a   Heyn, J ^a   Hallfeldt, K K J ^a   Mussack, T ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdominal non Hodgkin's lymphoma, adrenalectomy; Bilateral adrenal masses; Primary adrenal lymphoma (PAL)

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADRENALECTOMY; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISSEMINATED CANCER; FATALITY; HEART FAILURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LOW BACK PAIN; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIMARY ADRENAL NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SPLENOMEGALY; TREATMENT PLANNING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 45849115432     PISSN: 09492321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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