Adrenocortical neoplasms with myelolipomatous and lipomatous metaplasia: report of 3 cases

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 128-133

  Montone, Kathleen T ^a,c   Rosen, Mark ^b   Siegelman, Evan S ^b   Fogt, Franz ^a   LiVolsi, Virginia A ^a  

^a Departments of 1Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYELOLIPOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; LIPOMATOSIS; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOMATOSIS; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOLIPOMA;

EID: 67549139182     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP.15.2.128     Document Type: Article

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