| 11. | Chromaffin paragangliomas are issued from chromaffin cells, and are known as pheochromocytomas.
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| 12. | Surgery, especially adrenal laparoscopy, is the most common treatment for small pheochromocytomas.
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| 13. | A pheochromocytoma can also cause resistant arterial hypertension.
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| 14. | The patient with pheochromocytoma is invariably volume depleted.
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| 15. | Extra-adrenal tumors account for around 10 % of all cases of pheochromocytoma.
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| 16. | The same condition is often called familial pheochromocytoma.
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| 17. | Pheochromocytoma may occur in patients with MEN 2 and MEN 3 ( MEN 2B ).
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| 18. | Both syndromes are characterized by pheochromocytoma as well as thyroid cancer ( thyroid medullary carcinoma ).
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| 19. | Therefore, it is usually advised to " salt load " pheochromocytoma patients before their surgery.
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| 20. | Other disorders that can cause high blood pressure include thyrotoxicosis, pheochromocytoma, and drug misuse.
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