[Familial pheochromocytoma: a family studied for 3 generations].
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.
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Istituto di Medicina Clinica, Università degli Studi, Padova.
Garavelli
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Boari
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Tenca
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Casiglia
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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
Feocromocitoma familiare: una famiglia studiata per tre generazioni.