PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA: THE VALUE OF CERTAIN TESTS USED ROUTINELY IN DIAGNOSIS
Authors: E S ORGAIN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1955)

Article1 December 1955PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA: THE VALUE OF CERTAIN TESTS USED ROUTINELY IN DIAGNOSISEDWARD S. ORGAIN, M.D., F.A.C.P.EDWARD S. ORGAIN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-43-6-1178 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPheochromocytoma is an uncommon cause of clinical hypertension. Although its exact incidence is unknown, an estimate based upon surgically explored hypertensive patients is 0.47%.1The true incidence, because of many unrecognized cases, is undoubtedly higher. Since surgery will effect cure, clinical recognition is the direct responsibility of every physician. Several reviews,1-9recently published, emphasize various aspects of the problem. Pheochromocytoma masquerades in many clinical forms, notably hypertensive vascular disease, fluctuating10or even malignant in type,11renal disease,12diabetes mellitus,13hyperthyroidism, toxemia of pregnancy,14psychoneuroses and others. A most rewarding experience, first described by Pincoffs15in 1929, awaits the correct clinical...Bibliography1. Graham JB: Pheochromocytoma and hypertension: an analysis of 207 cases, Internat. Abst. Surg. 92: 105, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. CahillAranow GFH: Pheochromocytoma: diagnosis and treatment, Ann. Int. Med. 31: 389, 1949. LinkGoogle Scholar3. SmithwickGreerRobertsonWilkins RHWECWRW: Pheochromocytoma: a discussion of symptoms, signs and procedures of diagnostic value, New England J. Med. 242: 252, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. CalkinsDanaHoward EGWJE: Current methods of diagnosis of pheochromocytoma, J. A. M. A. 145: 880, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. 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