Adrenal ganglioneuroma with multifocal retroperitoneal extension: A challenging diagnosis

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Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages 1548-1553

  Oderda, Marco ^a   Cattaneo, Elena ^a   Soria, Francesco ^a   Barreca, Antonella ^a   Chiusa, Luigi ^a   Morelli, Bruno ^a   Zitella, Andrea ^a   Gontero, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Diagnosis; Neuroganglioma; Sympathetic tissue; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN SECTION; GANGLIONEUROMA; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; NERVE CELL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROPERITONEAL GANGLIONEUROMA; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; SCHWANN CELL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GANGLIONEUROMA; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE;

EID: 80052127310     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2011.144     Document Type: Article

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