[Medical treatment of pheochromocytoma]

Medical treatment of pheochromocytoma is only conceivable in the context of preparing the patient for surgery or in the rare cases of inoperable tumour. Only peripheral catecholamine inhibitors should be used (alpha- or betablockers). Treatment should always start with alphablockers. The results obtained are difficult to analyse and it is not possible to lay down systematic doctrine, the indication being considered case by case.