Massive retroperitoneal adrenal haemorrhage as the first manifestation of a lung cancer

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 615-616

  Ahmad, Saqib ^a,c   Abdulqawi, Rayid ^a   Ashawesh, Khaled ^b  

^a Princess Royal Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN; MORPHINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADRENAL HEMORRHAGE; AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART ARREST; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LETTER; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; RETROPERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE; SEPTICEMIA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 49449108939     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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