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Pheochromocytoma: current perspectives in the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management.
Pheochromocytomas (pheo) cause the most dramatic, life-threatening crises in all of endocrinology. A proper screening for pheo must be performed in any patient who has: 1) episodic headaches, tachycardia, and diaphoresis; 2) family history of pheo or multiple endocrine neoplasia; 3) incidental suprarenal mass; 4) paroxysms of tachyarrhythmias or hypertension; 5) adverse cardiovascular responses...
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Pheochromocytomas are tumors of the neural crest-derived chromaffin cells. The hallmark of this rare and fascinating neoplasm is the synthesis and secretion of catecholamines in an unregulated and potentially life-threatening manner. Most pheochromocytomas produce an abundance of norepinephrine. Epinephrineor dopamine-secreting pheochromocytomas are less common.[1] Pheochromocytomas can also be...
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The anesthetic management of pheochromocytoma is complicated and challenging. However, preoperative pharmacologic preparation has greatly improved perioperative outcome, and modern anesthetic drugs combined with advanced monitoring contribute to intraoperative stability. There is great regional and international variation in which intraoperative anesthetic technique is employed and there are li...
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BACKGROUND Surgical treatment of hereditary pheochromocytoma remains controversial because of the need for lifelong corticosteroid therapy and the risk of Addisonian crisis associated with bilateral total adrenalectomy. We examined our large series of patients with hereditary pheochromocytoma to evaluate postsurgical outcomes, particularly in those who underwent cortical-sparing adrenalectomy. ...
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Pheochromocytomas are catecholamine producing tumors and although uncommon present a great challenge to the anesthesiologist since it has nonspecific clinical symptoms and risk of critical events, including death when not previously diagnosed. Clinical manifestation is variable, unspecific and depends on the catecholamine production profile. The classic triad of headache, palpitation and diapho...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1974
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-197405000-00029