"Pheochromocytoma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A usually benign, well-encapsulated, lobular, vascular tumor of chromaffin tissue of the ADRENAL MEDULLA or sympathetic paraganglia. The cardinal symptom, reflecting the increased secretion of EPINEPHRINE and NOREPINEPHRINE, is HYPERTENSION, which may be persistent or intermittent. During severe attacks, there may be HEADACHE; SWEATING, palpitation, apprehension, TREMOR; PALLOR or FLUSHING of the face, NAUSEA and VOMITING, pain in the CHEST and ABDOMEN, and paresthesias of the extremities. The incidence of malignancy is as low as 5% but the pathologic distinction between benign and malignant pheochromocytomas is not clear. (Dorland, 27th ed; DeVita Jr et al., Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 3d ed, p1298)
| Descriptor ID |
D010673
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.465.625.650.700.725 C04.557.580.625.650.700.725
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| Concept/Terms |
Pheochromocytoma, Extra-Adrenal- Pheochromocytoma, Extra-Adrenal
- Extra-Adrenal Pheochromocytoma
- Extra-Adrenal Pheochromocytomas
- Pheochromocytoma, Extra Adrenal
- Pheochromocytomas, Extra-Adrenal
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pheochromocytoma" by people in Profiles.
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Management recommendations for pancreatic manifestations of von Hippel-Lindau disease. Cancer. 2022 02 01; 128(3):435-446.
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In silico VHL Gene Mutation Analysis and Prognosis of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors in von Hippel-Lindau Disease. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2018 04 01; 103(4):1631-1638.
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Bilateral pheochromocytomas and congenital anomalies associated with a de novo germline mutation in the von Hippel-Lindau gene. Am J Kidney Dis. 2003 Jan; 41(1):E3.
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Differential heparanase-1 expression in malignant and benign pheochromocytomas. J Surg Res. 2002 Nov; 108(1):44-50.
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Tumor angiogenesis in pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas. Surgery. 1996 Dec; 120(6):938-42; discussion 942-3.
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Fever in pheochromocytoma. Arch Intern Med. 1992 Jun; 152(6):1269-72.
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Disappearance of a putative DA-neuron antibody following adrenal medulla transplantation: relationship to a striatal-derived DA neuron trophic factor. Prog Brain Res. 1990; 82:693-7.
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Clinical significance of the association of the Von Hippel-Lindau disease with pheochromocytoma and pancreatic apudoma. Am J Med Sci. 1984 Dec; 288(5):212-6.