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Adrenal oncocytoma masquerading as a functional tumor

Adrenal oncocytoma is a rare entity, with 20 cases reported in literature. A functional oncocytoma is extremely rare. We present a case of adrenal oncocytoma in a hypertensive male who had elevated catecholamine levels, which improved after adrenalectomy with decrease in daily antihypertensive requi...

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Autores principales: Goel, Tanmaya, Thomas, Joseph, Garg, Shveta, Rao, Anuradha C. K., Reddy, Sreedhar
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2721505/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19675771
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-1591.30275
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Sumario:Adrenal oncocytoma is a rare entity, with 20 cases reported in literature. A functional oncocytoma is extremely rare. We present a case of adrenal oncocytoma in a hypertensive male who had elevated catecholamine levels, which improved after adrenalectomy with decrease in daily antihypertensive requirement.