Emergencies caused by pheochromocytoma, neuroblastoma, or ganglioneuroma.
Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am
; 35(4): 699-724, viii, 2006 Dec.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17127142
ABSTRACT
Pheochromocytoma may lead to important emergency situations, ranging from cardiovascular emergencies to acute abdomen and multiorgan failure. It is vital to think about this disease in any emergency situation when conventional therapy fails to achieve control or symptoms occur that do not fit the initial diagnosis. The importance of keeping this diagnosis in minds is underscored by the fact that, in 50% of pheochromocytoma patients, the diagnosis is initially overlooked. Two other tumors of the sympathetic nervous system, neuroblastoma and ganglioneuroma, are less commonly associated with emergency conditions. If they occur, they are often linked to catecholamine excess, paraneoplastic phenomena, or local tumor mass effect.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Feocromocitoma
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Neoplasias das Glândulas Suprarrenais
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Ganglioneuroma
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Neuroblastoma
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos