Pheochromocytomas and secreting paragangliomas
Catecholamine-producing tumors may arise in the adrenal medulla (pheochromocytomas) or in extraadrenal chromaffin cells (secreting paragangliomas). Their prevalence is about 0.1% in patients with hypertension and 4% in patients with a fortuitously discovered adrenal mass. An increase in the producti...
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BioMed Central
2006
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1702343/ |