Diagnosis: Recurrent adrenocortical carcinoma after laparoscopic adrenalectomy ... The most likely diagnosis was pheochromocytoma or an adrenocortical, possibly malignant, tumor (Figure 1A).

In view of the array of symptoms, the patient was referred for medical evaluation of a suspected pheochromocytoma, a neuroendocrine tumor of the adrenal gland. He underwent 24-hour blood pressure ...

adrenal cortical dysfunction might be present in a reasonable proportion of patients with pheochromocytoma; however, this possibility has not been systematically investigated. With appropriate ...

Treatment for pheochromocytoma involves blood pressure medications followed by surgery, usually laparoscopic (minimally invasive) removal of one or both adrenal glands. Cushing’s syndrome is a ...

Second, because of widespread use of anatomic imaging studies, adrenal incidentalomas have become an important clinical entity for which pheochromocytoma must be considered, regardless of signs ...

A pheochromocytoma is a paraganglioma that arises in adrenal gland tissue, which results in the overproduction of adrenal hormones (epinephrine and norepinephrine). People with familial paranganglioma ...