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SDHD-related chromaffin tumours: disease localisation to genetic dysfunction.
Hormone research in paediatrics - 1 Jan 2010
Srirangalingam U, Khoo B, Matson M, Carpenter R, Reznek R, Maher E R, Chew S L, Drake W M
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: To describe the management of a subject with multiple chromaffin tumours found to have a novel succinate dehydrogenase D (SDHD) mutation. CASE: A 15-year-old boy with marked hypertension was found to have elevated urinary catecholamines and initial imaging thought to represent bilateral adrenal phaeochromocytomas. An adrenal venous catheter was required to clarify a right adrenal...
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