Intrarenal ectopic adrenal tissue and renal-adrenal fusion: A report of nine cases

Modern Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-181

  Ye, Huihui ^a   Yoon, Ghil Suk ^b,c   Epstein, Jonathan I ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectopic adrenal; Intrarenal adrenal; Renal adrenal fusion

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CLEAR CELL RENAL CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECTOPIC KIDNEY; ECTOPIC TISSUE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRARENAL ECTOPIC ADRENAL TISSUE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CAPSULE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PATHOLOGIST; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ADRENAL FUSION; TISSUE GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 59149083077     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2008.162     Document Type: Article

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