Studies on diagnosis and pathogenesis of pheochromocytoma / 中华内分泌代谢杂志

ABSTRACT

Pheochromocytoma is the catecholamine-secreting tumor arising from the adrenal medulla and extra-adrenal chromaffin cells and the important cause of endocrine hypertension, which leads to serious complications of the heart, brain and renal vascular events. The prevalence of phochromocytoma accounts for approximately 1.9% in the population with hypertension. The detection, diagnosis and treatment of pheochro-mocytoma at early stage are of uppermost importance. More efforts should be made to study the pathogenesis and management of pheochromocytoma.