Spontaneous rupture of pheochromocytoma and its clinical features: A case report

Tokai Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 110-115

  Maruyama, Mayumi ^a   Sato, Haruhiro ^a   Yagame, Mitsunori ^a   Shoji, Sunao ^a   Terachi, Toshiro ^a   Osamura, Robert Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypertensive emergency; Ruptured pheochromocytoma

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; RADIOGRAPHY; RUPTURE;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 70349922668     PISSN: 03850005     EISSN: 21852243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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