An adrenal rest tumour in the perirenal region in a patient with congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to congenital 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiency

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 489-491

  Claahsen van der Grinten, Heidi L ^a   Duthoi, Kristof ^a   Otten, Barto J ^a   d'Ancona, Frank C H ^a   Hulsbergen Kaa, Christina ^a   Hermus, Ad R M M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; FLUDROCORTISONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTICULAR ADRENAL REST TUMOR; TESTIS TUMOR; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VOMITING; ADRENAL TUMOR; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; ADRENAL REST TUMOR; ADULT; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 54049092788     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-08-0311     Document Type: Article

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