Limited value of adrenal biopsy in the evaluation of adrenal neoplasm: A decade of experience

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 465-470

  Mazzaglia, Peter J ^a   Monchik, Jack M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADRENAL BIOPSY; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL INCIDENTALOMA; ADRENAL METASTASIS; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; METASTASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; AGED; BIOPSY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 66249145364     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2009.59     Document Type: Article

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