Pheochromocytoma: An endocrine stress mimicking disorder

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Abstract

A pheochromocytoma is an endocrine tumor that can uniquely mimic numerous stress-associated disorders, with variations in clinical manifestations resulting from different patterns of catecholamine secretion and actions of released catecholamines on physiological systems.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)462-468
Number of pages7
JournalAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Volume1148
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2008
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMed 19120142

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Keywords

  • Adrenoceptors, Catecholamines, General adaptation syndrome, Glucocorticoids, Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis, Pheochromocytoma, Stress