Pheochromocytoma in a Twelve-Year-Old Girl with SDHB-Related Hereditary Paraganglioma-Pheochromocytoma Syndrome

A twelve-year-old girl presented with a history of several weeks of worsening headaches accompanied by flushing and diaphoresis. The discovery of markedly elevated blood pressure and tachycardia led the child’s pediatrician to consider the diagnosis of a catecholamine-secreting tumor, and an abdomin...

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Main Authors: Daryl Graham, Megan Gooch, Zhan Ye, Edward Richer, Aftab Chishti, Elizabeth Reilly, John D’Orazio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Genetics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/273423