Unusual site and presentation of a neuroendocrine tumour

Hospital Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 564-565

  Alsafadi, Hala ^a   Ansari, Hidayath ^b   Biggs, Peter ^b   Randeva, Harpal S ^c  

^a WARWICK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WALSGRAVE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; C PEPTIDE; CATECHOLAMINE; DIAZOXIDE; GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; INSULIN; OCTREOTIDE; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PREDNISONE; SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; SULFONYLUREA; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; AUTOPSY; BONE METASTASIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HISTOLOGY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULINOMA; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; ORBIT METASTASIS; SMOKING; SPINE METASTASIS; THORACIC SPINE;

EID: 4644306946     PISSN: 14623935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/hosp.2004.65.9.15990     Document Type: Article

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