A pheochromocytoma with high adrenocorticotropic hormone and a silent lung nodule

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 342, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 429-432

  Bernardi, Stella ^a   Grimaldi, Franco ^b   Finato, Nicoletta ^c   De Marchi, Sergio ^c   Proclemer, Alessandro ^c   Sabato, Nicoletta ^d   Bertolotto, Michele ^e   Fabris, Bruno ^d  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b Endocrinology and Metabolism Unit   (Italy)

^c SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d DMTTS and UCO Medicina Clinica   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

ACTH; EACS; Nocardiasis; Pheochromocytoma

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 123; CATECHOLAMINE; CD56 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN A; CORTICOTROPIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HYDROCORTISONE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MITOTANE; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN S 100; SPIRONOLACTONE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE URINE LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS; HYPOKALEMIA; LEUKOCYTE; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG NODULE; METABOLIC ALKALOSIS; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 80055036970     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3182260551     Document Type: Article

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