Von Hippel鈥揕indau (VHL) disease (OMIM: 193300) is a familial cancer syndrome, associated with various benign and malignant tumours, mainly retinal and central nervous system haemangioblastomas, renal cell carcinomas and pheochromocytomas. We describe the case of a 8 years old patient with ...
pheochromocytoma is a rare, catecholamine-producing tumour, usually arising from the adrenal medulla. it has a highly variable clinical presentation but headaches, palpitations, sweating and arterial hypertension are very characteristic. the paroxysmal hypertensive crisis and the potentially fatal ...
Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas are tumours derived from neural crest cells, which can be diagnosed by biochemical measurement of metanephrine and methoxytyramine. Advances in genetic research have identified many genes involved in the pathogenesis of these tumours, suggesting that up to 35-45% ...
FEOCROMOCITOMA: MANEJO PERI-OPERATORIOFEOCROMOCITOMA: MANEJO PERI-OPERATORIOPheocromocytoma is a rare catecholamineproducing tumor, that can cause severe hypertension and highly variable of other systemic disturbances. This patients most commonly present: headaches, sweating and palpitations; due to the...
Eritema no- doso como presentacion de feocromocitoma. An Med Interna (Madrid). 2005;22(8):383-6.Gallego Dominguez S, Caro Mancilla A, Gonzalez Nunez A. Eritema nodoso como presentacion de feocromocitoma. An. Med. Interna 2005; 22 (8): 383-6....
Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas are uncommon tumors of neuralectodermal origin that arise from chromaffin cells of the sympathoadrenal system that secrete catecholamines and several peptides. Most frecuently they occur in the adrenal medulla although sometimes arise in the extraadrenal sitess, and...
We report the case of a 53-year-old male patient who had a three-year history of self-limited adrenergic symptoms, but whose symptoms on this occasion were coupled with angina, requiring hospitalization. The diagnostic workup led to the incidental finding of a unilateral adrenal tumor on ...
de Oliveira Gonalves, Djalma IgorAndrade Franco, Cláudia MarquesMantovani Aguiar, FernandaFerreira Brito, MelinaRevista Foco (Interdisciplinary Studies Journal)
FEOCROMOCITOMA: UMA REVISÃO DA LITERATURA.Through a literature review, presenting what is the pheochromocytom, its main characteristics, as well as the classic clinical picture, best ways to make the...
feocromocitomaNeoplasia endocrina múltipleLanguage of Keywords: EnglishSpanish(English):Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B (MEN 2B) is an autosomal dominant syndrome characterized by medullary thyroid carcinoma, pheochromocytoma, a marfanoid habitus and mucosal ganglioneuromatosis. We present the case ...