Pheochromocytoma: an endocrine stress mimicking disorder

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2008 Dec:1148:462-8. doi: 10.1196/annals.1410.081.

Abstract

A pheochromocytoma is an endocrine tumor that can uniquely mimic numerous stress-associated disorders, with variations in clinical manifestations resulting from different patterns of catecholamine secretion and actions of released catecholamines on physiological systems.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / physiopathology*
  • Endocrine System Diseases / physiopathology*
  • Epinephrine / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Norepinephrine / metabolism
  • Pheochromocytoma / physiopathology*
  • Receptors, Adrenergic / metabolism
  • Stress Disorders, Traumatic / physiopathology*
  • Stress, Physiological*
  • Stress, Psychological / physiopathology*

Substances

  • Receptors, Adrenergic
  • Norepinephrine
  • Epinephrine