Diagnosis and treatment of the adrenal cyst

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-50

  Wedmid, Alexei ^a   Palese, Michael ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal cyst; Endothelial cyst; Pseudocyst

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; HYDROCORTISONE; METADRENALIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE; VANILMANDELIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL CYST; ADRENAL GLAND; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER RISK; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CYSTOGRAPHY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DECORTICATION; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTALOMA; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PSEUDOCYST; REVIEW; ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADRENALECTOMY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTS; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES;

ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADRENALECTOMY; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 76649112384     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-009-0080-1     Document Type: Review

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