Risk of catecholamine crisis in patients undergoing resection of unsuspected pheochromocytoma

Risk of catecholamine crisis in patients undergoing resection of unsuspected pheochromocytoma

PURPOSE: To report the risk of catecholamine crisis in patients undergoing resection of unsuspected pheochromocytoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Over a four-year period, we retrospectively identified four patients who underwent resection of adrenal pheochromocytoma in whom the diagnosis was unsuspected...

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Main Authors: Gina Song, Bonnie N. Joe, Benjamin M. Yeh, Maxwell V. Meng, Antonio C. Westphalen, Fergus V. Coakley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia 2011-02-01
Series:International Brazilian Journal of Urology
Subjects:
adrenal gland neoplasms
imaging
surgery
pheochromocytoma
catecholamines
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