Recurrent benign adrenal pheochromocytomas associated with hemihypertrophy

We report a case of a female with hemihypertrophy, who developed five recurrences of pheochromocytomas until the age of 35. Timely follow-up of the patient's blood pressure assisted in early diagnosis and treatment of recurrent tumors. LEARNING POINTS: Recurrent benign pheochromocytomas should...

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Autores principales: Pikilidou, Maria, Yavropoulou, Maria, Katsounaros, Marios
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bioscientifica Ltd 2014
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Unique/Unexpected Symptoms or Presentations of a Disease
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4120361/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25136447
http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/EDM-14-0041
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author Pikilidou, Maria
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description We report a case of a female with hemihypertrophy, who developed five recurrences of pheochromocytomas until the age of 35. Timely follow-up of the patient's blood pressure assisted in early diagnosis and treatment of recurrent tumors. LEARNING POINTS: Recurrent benign pheochromocytomas should raise suspicion of a genetic syndrome. A pheochromocytoma at a young age has a high propensity to recur and strict follow-up is mandatory.
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spelling pubmed-41203612014-08-18 Recurrent benign adrenal pheochromocytomas associated with hemihypertrophy Pikilidou, Maria Yavropoulou, Maria Katsounaros, Marios Endocrinol Diabetes Metab Case Rep Unique/Unexpected Symptoms or Presentations of a Disease We report a case of a female with hemihypertrophy, who developed five recurrences of pheochromocytomas until the age of 35. Timely follow-up of the patient's blood pressure assisted in early diagnosis and treatment of recurrent tumors. LEARNING POINTS: Recurrent benign pheochromocytomas should raise suspicion of a genetic syndrome. A pheochromocytoma at a young age has a high propensity to recur and strict follow-up is mandatory. Bioscientifica Ltd 2014-07-01 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4120361/ /pubmed/25136447 http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/EDM-14-0041 Text en © 2014 The authors This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/deed.en_GB) .
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Recurrent benign adrenal pheochromocytomas associated with hemihypertrophy
title Recurrent benign adrenal pheochromocytomas associated with hemihypertrophy
title_full Recurrent benign adrenal pheochromocytomas associated with hemihypertrophy
title_fullStr Recurrent benign adrenal pheochromocytomas associated with hemihypertrophy
title_full_unstemmed Recurrent benign adrenal pheochromocytomas associated with hemihypertrophy
title_short Recurrent benign adrenal pheochromocytomas associated with hemihypertrophy
title_sort recurrent benign adrenal pheochromocytomas associated with hemihypertrophy
topic Unique/Unexpected Symptoms or Presentations of a Disease
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4120361/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25136447
http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/EDM-14-0041
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