Radiological localizing techniques in adrenal tumors

Minerva Endocrinologica

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-169

  Welsh, S J ^a   Khan, S ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland neoplasms; Diagnosis; Radiology

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADRENAL TUMOR; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ANGIOSARCOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GANGLIONEUROMA; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIPOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; LYMPHOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW; TERATOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INCIDENTAL FINDING; METASTASIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; ADRENOCORTICAL CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GANGLIONEUROBLASTOMA; GANGLIONEUROMA; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LYMPHOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS, ADIPOSE TISSUE; NEOPLASMS, VASCULAR TISSUE; NEUROBLASTOMA; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERATOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349774675     PISSN: 03911977     EISSN: 18271634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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