Non-functional adrenocortical adenoma: A unique case of combination with myelolipoma and endothelial cysts

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 192-196

  Yamada, Sohsuke ^a   Tanimoto, Akihide ^a,b   Wang, Ke Yong ^a   Ding, Yan ^a   Guo, Xin ^a   Shimajiri, Shohei ^a   Sasano, Hironobu ^c   Sasaguri, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Adrenocortical adenoma; Degeneration; Endothelial cyst; Myelolipoma

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADRENALECTOMY; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIAL CYST; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAPANESE; KIDNEY TUMOR; MYELOLIPOMA; NEPHRECTOMY; NONFUNCTIONING ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TUMOR CALCINOSIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICAL ADENOMA; AGED; BIOPSY; CYSTS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METAPLASIA; MYELOLIPOMA; NEOPLASMS, COMPLEX AND MIXED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79952443932     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2010.07.008     Document Type: Article

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