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Clinical Chemistry, 2013 Pheochromocytomas are catecholamine-secreting tumors derived from chromaffin tissue of the adrenal medulla. Closely related tumors, called extra-adrenal paragangliomas, can arise at extra-adrenal sites. Catecholamine secretion from these tumors is often episodic, causing headache, perspiration, palpitations and hypertension.
Estey, MP +6 more
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Natural History and Management of Familial Paraganglioma Syndrome Type 1: Long-Term Data from a Large Family [PDF]
, 2020 Head and neck paragangliomas are the most common clinical features of familial paraganglioma syndrome type 1 caused by succinate dehydrogenase complex subunit D (SDHD) mutation. The clinical management of this syndrome is still unclear.
Cantisani, Vito +12 more
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Composite pheochromocytoma associated with neurofibromatosis type 1
IJU Case Reports, 2023 Introduction Composite pheochromocytoma is a rare tumor, occurring in only 3% of pheochromocytomas. We report a case of composite pheochromocytoma with neurofibromatosis type 1.
Akira Tachibana +5 more
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Acute heart failure with incidentally found cystic adrenal mass
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports, 2023 Pheochromocytomas are rare adrenal tumors characterized by excessive catecholamine secretion. Symptoms and signs associated with pheochromocytomas are usually intermittent and chronic but can rarely develop into life-threatening crises.
Salman Zahoor Bhat +4 more
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Unusual presentation of pheochromocytoma: thirteen years of anxiety requiring psychiatric treatment
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports, 2018 Pheochromocytoma is a rare tumor of the adrenal gland. It often presents with the classic triad of headache, palpitations and generalized sweating. Although not described as a typical symptom of pheochromocytoma, anxiety is the fourth most common symptom
Catherine Alguire +4 more
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2021 Pheochromocytoma with lung metastases is rare in clinics, and the prognosis of metastatic pheochromocytoma is generally poor. In this case, a 57-year-old woman who presented with hypertension and palpitations was diagnosed with left adrenal ...
Hongbing Shi +6 more
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Case of chronic indolent pheochromocytoma that caused medically controlled hypertension but treatment-resistant diabetes mellitus [PDF]
, 2017 No abstract ...
Cho, Eun Joo +4 more
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Isolated familial pheochromocytoma as a variant of von Hippel-Lindau disease. [PDF]
, 1996 Inherited pheochromocytomas are often part of familial syndromes, especially multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN 2), retinal cerebellar hemangioblastomatosis [von Hippel-Lindau (vHL) disease] or neurofibromatosis type 1.
Crossey, P.A. +7 more
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Is It a Pheochromocytoma? [PDF]
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 2007 The patient is a 44‐year‐old man with a 4‐year history of intermittently elevated blood pressure (BP) controlled by diet and exercise. Three months before evaluation he described daily “spikes” of BP with sharp unilateral headaches. He was seen in the emergency department with a BP of 212/106 mm Hg and was started on hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg daily ...
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Laparoscopic partial adrenalectomy for bilateral pheochromocytomas in a boy with von Hippel-Lindau disease [PDF]
, 2000 Objectives: In adults, increasing numbers of adrenalectomies for pheochromocytomas are performed laparoscopically. We report for the first time laparoscopic bilateral subtotal adrenalectomy for pheochromocytomas in an 8-year-old boy with von Hippel ...
Bartsch, Georg +4 more
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