phaeochromocytoma in English
noun
1
a small vascular tumor of the adrenal medulla, causing irregular secretion of epinephrine and norepinephrine, leading to attacks of raised blood pressure, palpitations, and headache.
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1. Six cases had an aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA) and three had a phaeochromocytoma.
2. In the adrenal gland, there were 4 cases of metastasis of hepatocellular cancer and 1 phaeochromocytoma.
3. We report the case of a 49-year old woman with hypertension due to renal artery stenosis resulting from compression of the renal artery. Compression was caused by a norepinephrine-secreting extra-adrenal phaeochromocytoma/paraganglioma.