Adrenalin Producing Tumor (Pheochromocytoma) Containing 2300 Mg. Of Adrenalin

Case Reports1 January 1947ADRENALIN PRODUCING TUMOR (PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA) CONTAINING 2300 MG. OF ADRENALINHASCALL H. MUNTZ, M.D., JAMES O. RITCHEY, M.D., F.A.C.P., WILLIS D. GATCH, M.D., F.A.C.S.HASCALL H. MUNTZ, M.D., JAMES O. RITCHEY, M.D., F.A.C.P., WILLIS D. GATCH, M.D., F.A.C.S.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-26-1-133 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPheochromocytoma, the "physiologically malignant"1 and histologically benign adrenal medullary tumor produces a clinical picture almost identical with that produced by large doses of epinephrine.One hundred and fifty cases have been reported. The increasing frequency of antemortem diagnoses, particularly in the last decade has shown that the rarity of this clinical syndrome is more apparent than real. Because of the demonstrated effectiveness of the surgical treatment it is important that physicians be aware of this pathologic entity and the methods of assuring a correct diagnosis. Forty-one of the 150 cases have been treated surgically since the first operation by Charles...Bibliography1. BISKINDMEYERBEADNER GRMASA: Pheochromocytoma cured by surgical intervention, Jr. Clin. Endocrin., 1941, i, 113-123. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. MAYO CH: Paroxysmal hypertension with tumor of retroperitoneal nerve, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1927, lxxxix, 1047. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. NEFFTICEWALKEROCKERBLAD FCGGA: Adrenal tumor in female infant, Jr. Clin. Endocrin., 1942, ii, 125-127. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. DUNCANSEMANSHOWARD LEJUJE: Adrenal medullary tumor (pheochromocytoma) and diabetes mellitus: disappearance of diabetes after removal of the tumor, Ann. Int. Med., 1944, xx, 815. Google Scholar5. WELLSBOWMAN AHPG: The clinical and pathological identity of pheochromocytoma, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1937, cix, 1176-1180. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. BELTPOWELL AETO: Clinical manifestations of chromaffin cell tumors arising from the suprarenal medulla, Surg., Gynec. and Obst., 1934, lix, 9-24. Google Scholar7. KIRSCHBAUMBALKIN JDRB: Pheochromocytoma with hypermetabolism, Ann. Surg., 1942, cxvi, 54-60. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. MCCULLAGHENGEL EPWJ: Pheochromocytoma with hypermetabolism, Ann. Surg., 1942, cxvi, 61-75. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. HYMANMENCHER AWH: Pheochromocytoma of the adrenal gland, Jr. Urol., 1943, xlix, 755. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. KVALEROTHCLAGETTDOCKERTY WFGMOTMB: Headache and paroxysmal hypertension: observations before and after the surgical removal of a pheochromocytoma, Surg. Clin. N. Am., 1944, 922. Google Scholar11. ROTHKVALE GMWF: A tentative test for pheochromocytoma, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1945, ccx, 653. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. LISTPEET CFMM: Sweat secretion in man, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat., 1938, xxxix, 1228-1237. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Indianapolis, Indiana*Received for publication April 30, 1946.From the Departments of Medicine and Surgery of the Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis (7), Indiana. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byFamilial Multiple Endocrine NeoplasiaPhaeochromocytoma—recent progress in its managementPhysiologic Implications of Medullary Carcinoma of the Thyroid GlandPheochromocytoma and medullary carcinoma of thyroidMedullary thyroid carcinoma, parathyroid adenoma, and bilateral pheochromocytomaCardiovascular SystemFamilial Amyloid-producing Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma and Pheochromocytoma A Distinct Genetic EntityR. NEIL SCHIMKE, M.D., WILLIAM H. HARTMANN, M.D.Bilateral Adrenal Pheochromocytoma and Medullary Thyroid CarcinomaBibliographyThe association of pheochromocytoma with carcinoma of the thyroid glandMassive Hemorrhage into an Adrenal PheochromocytomaHistological Differentiation between Phaeochromocytoma and Melanoma of the Suprarenal GlandPHAEOCHROMOCYTOMA AND THE OBSTETRICIANDie Keimdrüsen und ihre KrankheitenOperative Behandlung der NebennierengeschwülsteEXTRATHYROIDAL HYPERMETABOLISM: CLASSIFICATION AND DISCUSSION INCLUDING THREE ILLUSTRATIVE CASE REPORTS*MAURICE BRUGER, M.D., F.A.C.P., VINCENT P. HOLLANDER, M.D., Ph.D.Pheochromocytoma with false negative benzodioxane testsFeocromocitomi E Ipertensione ParossisticaSustained Hypertension due to PheochromocytomaPheochromocytoma with neurofibromatosisAdrenal medullary tumor (pheochromocytoma) 1 January 1947Volume 26, Issue 1Page: 133-147KeywordsBenign tumorsEpinephrinePheochromocytomaSurgery ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1947 PDF downloadLoading ...