RT Book, Section
A1 Hay, Jr, William W.
A1 Levin, Myron J.
A1 Deterding, Robin R.
A1 Abzug, Mark J.
SR Print(0)
ID 1145457840
T1 Pheochromocytoma
T2 Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment Pediatrics
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264257614
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1145457840
RD 2024/04/20
AB Uncommon;  however,  up  to  10%  of  reported  cases  occur  in  pediatric  patientsTumor  can  be  located  wherever  chromaffin  tissue  (adrenal  medulla,  sympathetic  ganglia,  or  carotid  body)  is  presentMay  be  multiple,  recurrent,  and  sometimes  malignantFamilial  forms  include  pheochromocytomas  associated  with  the  dominantly  inherited  neurofibromatosis  type  1,  multiple  endocrine  neoplasia  type  2,  and  von  Hippel-Lindau  syndromes,  as  well  as  mutations  of  the  succinate  dehydrogenase  genes