A Case of ACTH-Producing Pheochromocytoma Associated with Pregnancy

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 739-744

  Oh, Hyoung Chul ^a   Koh, Jung Min ^a   Kim, Min Seon ^a   Park, Joong Yoel ^a   Shong, Young Kee ^a   Lee, Ki Up ^a   Kim, Ghi Su ^a   Hong, Suck Joon ^a   Koo, Hyun Lyoung ^a   Kim, Won Bae ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Cushing's syndrome; Pheochromocytoma; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 123; AMPICILLIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARVEDILOL; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DILTIAZEM; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; INSULIN; MANNITOL; PRAZOSIN; PROPRANOLOL; VANCOMYCIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECTOPIC CORTICOTROPIN PRODUCTION; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PUERPERIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY EXCRETION;

ACTH SYNDROME, ECTOPIC; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; CUSHING SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 9144257202     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.50.739     Document Type: Article

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