A pheochromocytoma is a type of tumor found in the adrenal glands or certain nerve cells. These tumors are very rare but can cause dramatic symptoms because they tend to secrete large amounts of ...

Epidemiology is a field of medicine that studies the incidence, causes and effects of diseases in populations, and patterns within these. It has a key role in protecting public health and can ...

Read on for more information on what they mean and how they're used in medical research. Both incidence and prevalence are words used in the field of epidemiology. Epidemiology is a branch of medicine ...

The panel of experts at the ISP felt strongly that localization of pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma should only be initiated if the clinical evidence for the presence of tumor is reasonably ...

The endocrine and sarcoma surgery section at Karolinska treats over a thousand patients with sarcoma and tumors and/or functional disorders in endocrine organs every year, in a multidisciplinary ...

Positron emission tomograph (coronal view) after intravenous injection of 6-[18 F]fluorodopamine. The patient had a small left adrenal pheochromocytoma. Approximately 6 months after removal of the ...