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PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A vascular tumor of the adrenal gland; hypersecretion of epinephrine results in intermittent or sustained hypertension
Synonyms:
phaeochromocytoma; pheochromocytoma
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("pheochromocytoma" is a kind of...):
neoplasm; tumor; tumour (an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose)
Context examples:
A procedure used to find neuroendocrine tumors, such as neuroblastomas and pheochromocytomas.
(Iobenguane scan, NCI Dictionary)
A drug containing a form of radioactive iodine called I 123 that is used to detect certain types of tumors, including pheochromocytomas and neuroblastomas.
(AdreView, NCI Dictionary)
These include 26% adrenal pheochromocytomas, 23% histiocytic sarcomas, 18% pituitary tumors and 14% hemangiomas.
(BDII, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)
A pheochromocytoma occurring in the adrenal gland (which is the typical site of pheochromocytomas). — 2004
(Adrenal Gland Pheochromocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Patients develop medullary thyroid carcinomas, and may also develop pheochromocytomas and parathyroid gland hyperplasia.
(Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2A, NCI Thesaurus)
A type of multiple endocrine neoplasia characterized by a virtually 100% incidence of medullary thyroid carcinoma, a 50% incidence of pheochromocytoma, and a lesser incidence of parathyroid adenomas associated with hyperparathyroidism.
(Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2A, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
People with all subtypes of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 syndrome have an increased risk of medullary thyroid cancer, pheochromocytoma, and parathyroid gland cancer.
(Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 syndrome, NCI Dictionary)
Patients with MEN 2A develop medullary thyroid carcinomas, and may also develop pheochromocytomas and parathyroid gland hyperplasia.
(Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia, NCI Thesaurus)
This agent reduces the elevated levels of catecholamines associated with pheochromocytoma, thereby preventing hypertension.
(Metyrosine, NCI Thesaurus)
People with all subtypes of multiple endocrine adenomatosis type 2 have an increased risk of medullary thyroid cancer, pheochromocytoma, and parathyroid gland cancer.
(Multiple endocrine adenomatosis type 2, NCI Dictionary)
