Mixed corticomedullary carcinoma of the adrenal gland: A case report

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Turk, Andrew T ^a   Asad, Haider ^b   Trapasso, Joseph ^b   Perilli, Gretchen ^b   Livolsi, Virginia A ^c  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; GLUCOSE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; METADRENALIN; NORMETADRENALIN; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; POTASSIUM; PRASTERONE SULFATE; VALSARTAN;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENALECTOMY; AGED; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE URINE LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL HISTORY; MITOSIS RATE; MIXED CORTICOMEDULLARY CARCINOMA; MORPHOLOGY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; THORAX PAIN; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR NECROSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 84861038960     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: 19342403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP11222.CR     Document Type: Review

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