Pheochromocytoma during pregnancy treated by surgery. A case report and the review of the literature

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 227-230

  Varaldo, Emanuela ^a   Ansaldo, Gianluca ^a   Assalino, Michela ^a   Massobrio, Andrea ^a   Minuto, Michele ^b   Torre, Giancarlo ^a   Borgonovo, Giacomo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenalectomy; Hypertension; Pheocromocytoma; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; CASE REPORT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951873148     PISSN: 2239253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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