PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA AND PREGNANCY
Authors: IRVING L. STUTZ
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1957)

Case Reports1 October 1957PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA AND PREGNANCYIRVING L. STUTZ, M.D., F.A.C.P., SIDNEY A. ROSENBURG, M.D., HAROLD M. COHEN, M.D., ROBERT CHAMOVITZ, M.D., IRWIN BOGARAD, M.D.IRVING L. STUTZ, M.D., F.A.C.P., SIDNEY A. ROSENBURG, M.D., HAROLD M. COHEN, M.D., ROBERT CHAMOVITZ, M.D., IRWIN BOGARAD, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-47-4-801 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe diagnosis of pheochromocytoma is being made with greater frequency since more reliable tests for its recognition have come into more or less widespread use. It is not, however, encountered frequently. A review of 2,720 autopsies done at the Montefiore Hospital since it was opened in July, 1929, failed to reveal a single instance of pheochromocytoma. Pheochromocytoma complicated by pregnancy remains a very uncommon situation. 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