Computed tomography appearance of spontaneous adrenal hemorrhage in a pheochromocytoma

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 314-317

  Arora, Swati ^a   Vargo, Scott ^a   Lupetin, Anthony R ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal tumors; Hemorrhage; Hypertension; Pheochromocytoma; Spontaneous rupture

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL TUMORS; HEMORRHAGE; HYPERTENSION; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; SPONTANEOUS RUPTURE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY; TUMORS;

ONCOLOGY;

CATECHOLAMINE; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; METADRENALIN; METOPROLOL; PHENOXYBENZAMINE;

ADRENAL CANCER; ADRENAL HEMORRHAGE; ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHORESIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FLUSHING; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; URINALYSIS;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67449143480     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

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