title: [Pheochromocytoma].
abstract: The authors present the case of a 51 year old woman with severe arterial hypertension with parixisms, without medical control. The clinical, laboratory and imagiological investigation showed a pheochromocytoma at the right adrenal gland. The patient was submitted to surgery with success. Specific aspects of differential diagnosis are discussed and a review of the more relevant features of clinical diagnosis, pre-operative preparation and surgical technique are presented.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Cirurgia Vascular, Hospital de Santa Marta, Lisboa.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Garcia
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Feocromocitoma.