title: [Familial pheochromocytoma: a family studied for 3 generations].
abstract: A family with a very high prevalence of pheochromocytoma (62%, i.e. 100% in the 1st generation and 75% of the second one) is described. The proband was a 19-year-old woman with a 30 g right-side tumor, who died at 24 years because of a heart failure. Both sisters of the proband developed a right-side pheochromocytoma at 13 and respectively 14 years of age and are now normotensive after surgical exeresis. One of them had 3 sons: 2 with pheochromocytoma and a third one dead at 9 years of age for pulmonary oedema. Accuracy is needed in studying relation of all subjects with pheochromocytoma.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Medicina Clinica, Università degli Studi, Padova.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ginocchio
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Garavelli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Boari
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tenca
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Casiglia
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Pessina
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Feocromocitoma familiare: una famiglia studiata per tre generazioni.