RT Book, Section
A1 Kim, Alan
A2 Freeman, Brian S.
A2 Berger, Jeffrey S.
SR Print(0)
ID 1135741539
T1 Pheochromocytoma
T2 Anesthesiology Core Review: Part Two Advanced Exam
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259641770
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1135741539
RD 2024/04/23
AB Pheochromocytomas  are  neuroendocrine  tumors  that  produce  an  excessive  amount  of  catecholamines.  This  catecholamine  excess  presents  as  a  wide  range  of  systemic  effects.  Pheochromocytomas  have  an  incidence  of  2–8  cases  per  1,000,000  patients.  In  patients  who  are  already  diagnosed  with  hypertension,  pheochromocytomas  are  found  to  be  the  cause  in  0.1%–0.6%  of  these  patients.  A  significant  percentage  (25%–50%)  of  patients  with  pheochromocytoma  who  die  in  a  hospital  admission  do  so  perioperatively.