THE DIAGNOSIS OF PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA
Authors: H. J. L. M.
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1953)

Editorial1 December 1953THE DIAGNOSIS OF PHEOCHROMOCYTOMAH. J. L. M.H. J. L. M.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-39-6-1333 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Excerpt"Careful consideration of the possible presence of a pheochromocytoma or a paraganglioma in every patient with hypertension, sustained or intermittent, must now be regarded as a diagnostic obligation. . . ." "Once thought rare, such tumors have recently been discovered to be the most common, surgically curable cause of high blood pressure. . . ." "The specificity, accuracy, convenience and safety of phentolamine (regitine) has established it as the testing agent of choice for routine use in screening all hypertensive patients."These pronouncements, ably expressed by the DeCourcys, whose recent compilation1has been freely drawn upon in preparation of this...1 DeCourcyDeCourcy JLCB: Pheochromocytoma and the general practitioner, 1952, DeCourcy Clinic, Cincinnati. Google Scholar2 Fränkel F: Ein Fall von doppelseitigem, vollig latent verlaufenen Nebennierentumor und gleichzeitiger Nephritis mit veranderungen am Circulationsapparat und Retinitis, Virchows Arch. f. path. Anat. 103: 244, 1886. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3 LabbéTinelDoumer MJ: Crises solaires et hypertension paroxystique en rapport avec une tumeur surrenale, Bull. Soc. med. Paris 46: 982, 1922. Google Scholar4 VaquezDonzelot HE: Les crises d'hypertension arterielle paroxystique, Presse méd. 34: 1329, 1926. 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