The doctor told my brother and me he had to remove the whole adrenal gland in addition to the tumor -- a pheochromocytoma, which is fairly rare.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - UPI.com] Reference

MEN 2A and MEN 2B are also associated with a riskof developing pheochromocytoma.    From Wordnik.com.  [Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2] Reference

Patients with MEN2 who have no symptoms should be screened annually for the presence of a pheochromocytoma.    From Wordnik.com.  [Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2] Reference

It is important to note that these symptoms are not definite signs of MTC, pheochromocytoma or hyperparathyroidism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2] Reference

Children and adults with MEN2 need to be screened for the presence of a possible pheochromocytoma prior to undergoing any surgeries.    From Wordnik.com.  [Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2] Reference

Dr. John Sotos, author of "The Physical Lincoln," thinks Lincoln may have had pheochromocytoma, a cancer caused by MEN 2B, even before he was shot.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Secrets In Lincoln’s DNA] Reference

Bob had learned that another Harvard researcher, Shields Warren, had generated an adrenal tumor (pheochromocytoma) in rats that only made norepinephrine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Martin Chalfie - Autobiography] Reference

Any abnormal examination findings or test results should be followed by specific radiology evaluations such as MRI to look for the presence of a pheochromocytoma tumor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2] Reference

FMTC is diagnosed in families with four or more cases of MTC in the absence of pheochromocytoma or parathyroid adenoma or hyperplasia, and is considered a variant of MEN2A.    From Wordnik.com.  [Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2] Reference

Other tests showed similar results, the researchers said, notably in 14 patients with pheochromocytoma, a rare tumor of the adrenal glands, and paraganglioma, another rare tumor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Study Finds Way To Predict When Cancer Will Spread] Reference

Szasz knows many well-defined bodily illnesses have psychiatric effects (depression with hypothyroidism, anxiety with pheochromocytoma, psychosis with COPD and hyperventilation, etc.).    From Wordnik.com.  [The COA Club, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

Secondary hypertension indicates that the high blood pressure is a result of (i.e., secondary to) another condition, such as kidney disease or tumours (pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma).    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference

Patients with pheochromocytoma who require surgery should undergo evaluation by an anesthesiologist and may require treatment with special medications to prevent the onset of malignant hypertension.    From Wordnik.com.  [Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2] Reference

Familial medullary thyroid cancer (FMTC) is associated with an increased riskof developing medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) in early or middle adulthood, but it is not associated with the development of pheochromocytoma or parathyroid disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2] Reference

It is important to distinguish whether a patient with MEN2 has a pheochromocytoma because patients with undiagnosed tumors can develop malignant hypertension (a severe elevation of the blood pressure) following treatment with general anesthesia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2] Reference

MEN2A is diagnosed clinically by the occurrence of two or more endocrine cancers (specifically medullary cancer of the thyroid, pheochromocytoma, and parathyroid adenoma/hyperplasia) in a person or in close relatives (such as a parent or sibling).    From Wordnik.com.  [Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2] Reference

You'll test scads of patients for pheochromocytoma who don't have the disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [Notes from Dr. RW] Reference

He was diagnosed with malignant pheochromocytoma, a rare, fatal form of adrenal cancer.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Tobacco Funds Shrink as Obesity Fight Intensifies] Reference

Kubby was diagnosed with pheochromocytoma at 24 years old and it turned malignant when he was.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tahoe Daily Tribune - Top Stories] Reference

The pivotal Phase 2 study (IB-12b) will be a single-arm trial conducted in 58 adults with pheochromocytoma.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference

Signs and symptoms of pheochromocytoma - 5 Ps palpitations, pallor, perspiration, pain, pressure (increased).    From Wordnik.com.  [Inside Surgery Medical Information Blog] Reference

With the exception of 1 pheochromocytoma, 1 cyst, and 1 myelolipoma, all AI larger than 6 cm were carcinomas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Notes from Dr. RW] Reference

If successful, Azedra would be the first anti-cancer therapy in the United States approved for the treatment of pheochromocytoma.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference

Gastrointestinal pseudo-obstruction after debulking surgery of malignant pheochromocytoma, improved by intravenous administration of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

If all 3 present together, the specificity of this combination of symptoms for the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma is greater than 90\%.    From Wordnik.com.  [Notes from Dr. RW] Reference

Tischler AS (1976) Establishment of a noradrenergic clonal line of rat adrenal pheochromocytoma cells which respond to nerve growth factor.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Common urological cancers that might occur during pregnancy include renal cancer, bladder cancer and adrenal tumors, particularly pheochromocytoma.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference

Center for Wireless Nano -, Bio - and Info-Tech Sensors and Systems, and researchers from Arkansas State University worked with rat pheochromocytoma, otherwise known as PC12 cells.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily Headlines] Reference

"When pheochromocytoma metastasizes or grows back in a site where it was previously surgically removed, and cannot be removed again, the median survival rate is about 10-12 years," wrote Dr. Joseph M. Connors, who first treated Kubby back in 2002.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tahoe Daily Tribune - Top Stories] Reference

Lopressor and pheochromocytoma.    From Wordnik.com.  [quotes « WordPress.com Tag Feed] Reference

Metoprolol and pheochromocytoma.    From Wordnik.com.  [humor « WordPress.com Tag Feed] Reference

(pheochromocytoma).    From Wordnik.com.  [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference

Or maybe it’s a pheochromocytoma.    From Wordnik.com.  [After the Diagnosis] Reference

These including pheochromocytoma, thyrotoxicosis, diabetes mellitus, diabetes insipidus, hypopituitarism, anxiety, menopause, carcinoid syndrome, and drug withdrawal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Emaxhealth] Reference