PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA: A CASE OF PAROXYSMAL HYPERTENSIVE ATTACKS INDUCED BY EATING AND CHANGE OF POSITION
Authors: H L HORN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1959)

Case Reports1 July 1959PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA: A CASE OF PAROXYSMAL HYPERTENSIVE ATTACKS INDUCED BY EATING AND CHANGE OF POSITIONHILLEL L. HORN, M.D.HILLEL L. HORN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-51-1-129 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptA pheochromocytoma is a challenging tumor to recognize and one that can be most gratifying for the physician as he sees a clinical cure result from its removal. It is a chromaffin cell tumor, most often found arising from the adrenal medulla, but one that may develop wherever chromaffin tissue is found, as in the paraganglia of the sympathetic nervous system. There is no difference in sex distribution,1 although a familial incidence has previously been noted.2, 3 The tumor is more commonly found in the right adrenal gland. Approximately 10% are bilateral; a similar percentage is malignant.1The clinical picture...Bibliography Supplementary Bibliography1. Graham JB: Pheochromocytoma and hypertension: An analysis of 207 cases, Internat. Abstr. Surg. 92: 105, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. CalkinsHoward EJE: Bilateral familial phaeochromocytoma with paroxysmal hypertension; successful removal of tumors in two cases with discussion of certain diagnostic procedures and physiological considerations, J. Clin. Endocrinol. 7: 475, 1947. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. RothHightowerBarkerPriestley GMNCNWJT: Familial pheochromocytoma: report on three siblings with bilateral tumors, Arch. Surg. 67: 100, 1953. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. GoldenbergAranowSmithFaber MHAAM: Pheochromocytoma and essential hypertensive vascular disease, Arch. Int. Med. 86: 823, 1950. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. DeCourcyDeCourcy JLCB: Pheochromocytoma and the general practitioner, Cincinnati, DeCourcy Clinic, 1952. Google Scholar6. BartelsArnold ECWT: Essential features for the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma, Lahey Clin. Bull. 6: 132, 1949. MedlineGoogle Scholar7. MacKeith R: Adrenal-sympathetic syndrome. Chromaffin tissue tumor with paroxysmal hypertension, Brit. Heart J. 6: 1, 1944. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. WeimanBackRussoShoemakerWolf CGKPEHAS: The diagnosis of pheochromocytoma by demonstration of pressor substances in the urine and by retroperitoneal pneumography, Ann. Int. Med. 41: 131, 1954. LinkGoogle Scholar9. Pickering GW: High blood pressure, 1955, Grune & Stratton, New York, pp. 397-414. Google Scholar10. HatchRichardsSpiegl FNVRJ: Adrenal medullary tumor (pheochromocytoma), Am. J. Med. 6: 633, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. BarnettBlackettDepoorterSandersonWilson AJRBAEPHGM: The action of noradrenalin in man and its relation to phaeochromocytoma and hypertension, Clin. Sc. 9: 151, 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar1. Editorial: The diagnosis of pheochromocytoma, Ann. Int. Med. 39: 1333, 1953. LinkGoogle Scholar2. Orgain ES: Pheochromocytoma: the value of certain tests used routinely in diagnosis, Ann. Int. Med. 43: 1178, 1955. LinkGoogle Scholar3. KvaleRothMangerPriestley WFGMWMJT: Pheochromocytoma, Circulation 14: 622, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: HILLEL L. HORN, M.D.Affiliations: Rochester, N. Y.*Received for publication November 18, 1957.From the Medical Service of the Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, N. Y.This paper was co-winner of the 1957 Monroe Pharmacy prize awarded by the Rochester Academy of Medicine.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Hillel L. Horn, M.D., 370 Westminster Road, Rochester 7, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byEndokrine und StoffwechselkrankheitenCardiac complications of phaeochromocytoma.BibliographyPheochromocytoma with Shock, Marked Leukocytosis, and Unusual Electrocardiograms. Case Report and Review of the LiteratureCHARLES FRENCH, M.D., FRANCIS A. CAMPAGNA, M.D.Pheochromocytoma in the adult and in the child 1 July 1959Volume 51, Issue 1 Page: 129-140 Keywords Adrenal glands Eating Edema Epinephrine Hospital medicine Ingestion Medical services Patients Pheochromocytoma Sympathetic nervous system ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1959 PDF downloadLoading ...