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Pheochromocytoma - Pheochromocytoma is a rare catecholamine-secreting tumor derived from chromaffin cells. Tumors that arise outside the adrenal gland are termed extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas or paragangliomas. Because of excessive catecholamine secretion, pheochromocytomas may precipitate life-threatening hypertension or cardiac arrhythmias. If the diagnosis of a pheochromocytoma is ...

Web's most complete pheo site. Pictures and x-rays help explain this adrenal tumor. Symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options including laparoscopic surgery. Written by experts for patients, now with a listing of physicians throughout the US.

New Technique: Laparoscopic Surgery for Pheochromocytoma -- Prof. Hartmut P. H. Neumann, M.D., Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany, interviewing Prof. Gunter Janetschek, Dept of Urology, University of Innsbruck, Austria with Editorial Notefrom McClellan Walther, M.D., National Cancer Institute In the summer of 1996, Prof. Georg Bartsch, Chairman of the Department of Urology of the ...

Support board for those with Pheochromocytoma and related adrenal tumors, including Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia, MEN, VHL ...

A Story of Metastatic Pheochromocytoma A Personal Testimony of I-131 MIBG Treatment The Journey to Bio-Chemical Remission ...

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