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Phaeochromocytomas and sympathetic paragangliomas.
The British journal of surgery - 1 Dec 2009
Petri B-J, van Eijck C H J, de Herder W W, Wagner A, de Krijger R R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: About 24 per cent of phaeochromocytomas (PCCs) and sympathetic paragangliomas (sPGLs) appear in familial cancer syndromes, including multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2, von Hippel-Lindau disease, neurofibromatosis type 1 and PCC-paraganglioma syndrome. Identification of these syndromes is of prime importance for patients and their relatives. Surgical resection is the treatment of choice for both PCC...
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