"Pheochromocytoma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A usually benign, well-encapsulated, lobular, vascular tumor of chromaffin tissue of the ADRENAL MEDULLA or sympathetic paraganglia. The cardinal symptom, reflecting the increased secretion of EPINEPHRINE and NOREPINEPHRINE, is HYPERTENSION, which may be persistent or intermittent. During severe attacks, there may be HEADACHE; SWEATING, palpitation, apprehension, TREMOR; PALLOR or FLUSHING of the face, NAUSEA and VOMITING, pain in the CHEST and ABDOMEN, and paresthesias of the extremities. The incidence of malignancy is as low as 5% but the pathologic distinction between benign and malignant pheochromocytomas is not clear. (Dorland, 27th ed; DeVita Jr et al., Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 3d ed, p1298)
| Descriptor ID |
D010673
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.465.625.650.700.725 C04.557.580.625.650.700.725
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| Concept/Terms |
Pheochromocytoma, Extra-Adrenal- Pheochromocytoma, Extra-Adrenal
- Extra-Adrenal Pheochromocytoma
- Extra-Adrenal Pheochromocytomas
- Pheochromocytoma, Extra Adrenal
- Pheochromocytomas, Extra-Adrenal
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pheochromocytoma" by people in Profiles.
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Anesthesia Management for Pediatric Patient With Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2B: A Case Report. A A Pract. 2020 May; 14(7):e01215.
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Prognostic Factors of Malignant Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma: A Combined SEER and TCGA Databases Review. Horm Metab Res. 2019 Jul; 51(7):451-457.
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Concealed pheochromocytoma presenting as recurrent acute coronary syndrome with STEMI : case report of a patient with hyperthyroidism. Herz. 2014 Jun; 39(4):476-80.
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Takotsubo-like cardiomyopathy in a 17-year-old male with a pheochromocytoma. Pediatr Cardiol. 2009 Feb; 30(2):184-7.
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Autoimmune hypertensive syndrome. Hypertension. 2007 Nov; 50(5):829-34.
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Altitude is a phenotypic modifier in hereditary paraganglioma type 1: evidence for an oxygen-sensing defect. Hum Genet. 2003 Aug; 113(3):228-37.
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61-year-old man with midsternal chest pain, mid-back pain, and lower extremity weakness: a clinicopathologic correlation conference from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. J Okla State Med Assoc. 2000 Jun; 93(6):231-41.
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Familial pheochromocytoma due to mutant von Hippel-Lindau disease gene. Arch Intern Med. 1997 Jun 23; 157(12):1390-1.
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Germline mutations in the Von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) gene in families from North America, Europe, and Japan. Hum Mutat. 1996; 8(4):348-57.
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Malignancy in neurofibromatosis. Adv Neurol. 1981; 29:33-56.