A diagnostic approach to adrenal cortical lesions

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 241-251

  McNicol, Anne Marie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Adrenal cortex; Carcinoma; Immunohistochemistry; Molecular genetics

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL TUMOR; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYELOLIPOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGIST; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ADRENAL MEDULLA; GENETICS; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; ADRENOCORTICAL CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA;

EID: 60749104009     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12022-008-9055-x     Document Type: Review

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