A rare cause of acute abdomen: Ruptured adrenal pheochromocytoma

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 467-469

  Okutur, Kerem ^a   Küçükler, Kerim ^b   Öztekin, Erkan ^c   Borlu, Fatih ^c   Erdem, Levent ^d   Demir, Gökhan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL BILIM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Pheochromocytoma; Rupture; Treatment

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 131; EPHEDRINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENTOLAMINE MESYLATE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COLLOID; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART PALPITATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; RUPTURE; SCINTIGRAPHY; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SWEATING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VOMITING;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 79951993650     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4318/tjg.2010.0141     Document Type: Article

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