Ovarian adrenal rest tumor in a congenital adrenal hyperplasia patient with adrenocorticotropin hypersecretion following adrenalectomy

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 223-228

  Tiosano, Dov ^a,c   Vlodavsky, Euvgeni ^b,c   Filmar, Shlomo ^b   Weiner, Zeev ^b,c   Goldsher, Dorit ^b,c   Bar Shalom, Rachel ^b,c  

^a MEYER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

ACTH hypersecretion; Adrenalectomy; Brown adipose tissue; Congenital adrenal hyperplasia; Ovarian adrenal rest tumors; Testicular adrenal rest tumors

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CUSHING DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMAGING; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MICROADENOMA; NELSON SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY; OVARY TUMOR; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VIRILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; ADRENAL REST TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; NELSON SYNDROME; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78049460482     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000295722     Document Type: Article

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