"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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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pheochromocytoma" by people in Profiles.
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Invasive phaeochromocytoma presenting as a right atrial mass. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2016 Mar; 4(3):286.
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The Mount Sinai clinical pathway for the management of pheochromocytoma. Endocr Pract. 2015 Apr; 21(4):368-82.
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Pheochromocytoma of the urinary bladder: a rare cause of severe hypertension. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2012 Jul; 23(4):813-6.
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Characterization and treatment of resistant hypertension. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2009 Nov; 11(6):407-13.
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Characterization of adrenal pheochromocytoma using respiratory-triggered proton MR spectroscopy: initial experience. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2009 Feb; 192(2):450-4.
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Pheochromocytoma presenting as presumed metastatic esophageal carcinoma: case report and literature review. J S C Med Assoc. 2005 Oct; 101(9):318-21.
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Diagnosis and management of pheochromocytoma during pregnancy: a case report. Am J Med Sci. 1999 Sep; 318(3):186-9.
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The relationship between specific RET proto-oncogene mutations and disease phenotype in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2. International RET mutation consortium analysis. JAMA. 1996 Nov 20; 276(19):1575-9.
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Cytogenetic and fluorescence in situ hybridization studies on sporadic and hereditary tumors associated with von Hippel-Lindau syndrome (VHL). Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 1994 Oct; 77(1):1-13.
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Cystic pheochromocytoma: radiologic diagnosis. South Med J. 1993 Nov; 86(11):1302-5.