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Hereditary Pheochromocytoma.
International journal of surgical pathology - 1 Aug 2014
Santos Pedro, Pimenta Tiago, Taveira-Gomes Antonio
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INTRODUCTION: Pheochromocytomas (PHEO) and paragangliomas (PGL) are rare neuroendocrine tumors with an estimated occurrence of 2 to 5 patients per million per year and an incidence of about 1 per 100 000 in the general population. These tumors may arise sporadically or be associated to various syndromes, namely multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2, neurofibromatosis type 1, Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, and...
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