Spontaneous adrenal hemorrhage with associated masses: Etiology and management in 6 cases and a review of 133 reported cases

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-82

  Marti, Jennifer L ^a   Millet, John ^a   Sosa, Julie Ann ^a   Roman, Sanziana A ^a   Carling, Tobias ^a   Udelsman, Robert ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84860755995     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-011-1338-6     Document Type: Article

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