EXTRAADRENAL PHEOCHROMOCYTOMAS EXHIBITING A FALSE-NEGATIVE F 933 TEST
Authors: D F GIBBS, N MACLEAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1953)

Case Reports1 May 1953EXTRAADRENAL PHEOCHROMOCYTOMAS EXHIBITING A FALSE-NEGATIVE F 933 TESTDONALD F. GIBBS, M.B., M.R.C.P.E., NEIL MACLEAN, M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H., M.R.C.P.E.DONALD F. GIBBS, M.B., M.R.C.P.E.Search for more papers by this author, NEIL MACLEAN, M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H., M.R.C.P.E.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-38-5-1069 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe successful surgical removal of a benign pheochromocytoma results usually in radical cure of the associated hypertension. The recognition of this condition, and its isolation from other forms of hypertension, therefore assume an importance out of proportion to its frequency.The clinical features vary considerably. Such tumors may be associated with classic paroxysmal hypertension. Excessive sweating, palpitation, peripheral vasospastic episodes, and features suggestive of thyrotoxicosis or "anxiety states" should, in the presence of hypertension, arouse suspicion, and they are fully discussed by Smithwick.1Diminished carbohydrate tolerance, postural hypotension and tachycardia, unexplained pyrexia and a high metabolic rate may also be...Bibliography1. SmithwickGreenRobertsonWilkins RHWECWRW: Pheochromocytoma; a discussion of symptoms, signs and procedures of diagnostic value, New England J. Med. 242: 252, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Graham JB: Pheochromocytoma and hypertension, Internat. Abstr. Surg. 92: 105, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. GoldenbergSnyderAranow MCHH: New test for hypertension due to circulating epinephrine, J. A. M. A. 135: 971, 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. GoldenbergAranow MH: Diagnosis of pheochromocytoma by the adrenergic blocking action of benzodioxane, J. A. M. A. 143: 1139, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Edinburgh,*Received for publication October 13, 1952.From the Departments of Cardiology and Pathology, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh.†Dr. Gibbs' address, until October 1953, is: Barnes Hospital, 600 South Kingshighway, St. Louis 10, Mo. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byBibliographyParoxysmal Hypertension Due to PheochromocytomaPHEOCHROMOCYTOMA: THE VALUE OF CERTAIN TESTS USED ROUTINELY IN DIAGNOSIS*EDWARD S. ORGAIN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Successful Use of Regitine (Phentolamine) in the Diagnosis and Surgical Management of a Case of Pheochromocytoma 1 May 1953Volume 38, Issue 5Page: 1069-1080KeywordsBlood pressureCarbohydratesChromatographyFeversHydrochloric acidHypertensionHypotensionPharmacologyPheochromocytomaTachycardia ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1953 PDF downloadLoading ...