Pheochromocytoma: diagnosis, localization, and treatment.
Pheochromocytoma is curable in 90% of cases, yet its diagnosis and localization are among the most challenging problems in clinical medicine. Although only 10% of these tumors are malignant, others may be lethal because of excessive circulating catecholamines. The clinical hallmark of pheochromocytoma is hypertension, but some patients are normotensive and may even be hypotensive.
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000502:physiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D008781:Methyltyrosines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D011292:Premedication; D019805:alpha-Methyltyrosine
D002395:Catecholamines; D008781:Methyltyrosines; D019805:alpha-Methyltyrosine