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A Novel Method: Super-selective Adrenal Venous Sampling
Published on: September 15, 2017
[Diagnosis and treatment of pheochromocytoma]
1Department of Urology, RuiJin Hospital Shanghai Second Medical University, Shanghai 200025, China.
Objective:
To improve the diagnosis and treatment of pheochromocytoma.
Methods:
From 1958 to 1998, 286 cases of pheochromocytoma, confirmed by open surgery and pathology, were retrospectively analyzed.
Results:
The tumors in the adrenal gland were seen in 220 cases, and in the external adrenal gland in 66. Of 29 cases of malignant pheochromocytomas, 7 were noted in the adrenal and 22 in the external adrenal gland. 19 cases showed stationary pheochromocytomas without clinical features. Total resections were performed in 281 cases.
Conclusion:
The operative mortality could be reduced by the prevention of potential myocardiopathy. The diagnosis of malignant pheochromocytoma should depend upon the long-term follow up.
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