[Neurofibromatosis type I and hypertension: a case report].
Pheochromocytomas are catecholamine-producing neuroendocrine tumors arising from chromaffine cells derived from the embryonic neural crest. They occur in 0.1-5.7% of patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (von Recklinghausen's disease). We report the case of an adrenal pheochromocytoma in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1.
Rocchietti March
Massimiliano
M
UOC Medicina Interna, II Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università La Sapienza, Azienda Ospedaliera Sant'Andrea, Roma. massimiliano.rocchietti@uniroma1.it
De Palma
Carmela
C
L'Angiocola
Paolo Diego
PD
Aliberti
Giuseppe
G
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000328:Adult; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery
D002395:Catecholamines