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MANAGEMENT OF ENDOCRINE DISEASE: Outcome of adrenal sparing surgery in heritable pheochromocytoma.
European journal of endocrinology - 1 Jan 2016
Castinetti F, Taieb D, Henry J F, Walz M, Guerin C, Brue T, Conte-Devolx B, Neumann H P H, Sebag F
Abstract excerpt
The management of hereditary pheochromocytoma has drastically evolved in the last 20 years. Bilateral pheochromocytoma does not increase mortality in MEN2 or von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) mutation carriers who are followed regularly, but these mutations induce major morbidities if total bilateral adrenalectomy is performed. Cortical sparing adrenal surgery may be proposed to avoid definitive adrenal insufficiency. The...
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