Clinically Inapparent Bilateral Adrenal Masses Due to Histoplasmosis

European Urology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 518-521

  Narang, Vineet ^a   Sinha, Tapan ^a   Sandhu, Arjun S ^a   Karan, Shailesh C ^a   Srivastava, Ananad ^a   Sethi, Gurwinder S ^a   Talwar, Raghav ^a   Prusty, P ^a   Kotwal, Narinder ^a   Adlakha, Nirupam ^a   Aggarwal, Anil ^a  

^a ARMY HOSPITAL RESEARCH AND REFERRAL   (India)

Author keywords

Adrenalectomy; Histoplasmosis; Inapparent adrenal mass; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; ITRACONAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADRENAL CYST; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADRENALECTOMY; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDNISOLONE; SPORES, FUNGAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57649225414     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2008.09.005     Document Type: Short Survey

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