Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2011;27(1):17-18

doi:10.3760/cma.j.issn.1000-6699.2011.01.006

Characteristics of 42 cases of incidental discovery of pheochromocytoma

Longyi ZHENG ; Dajin ZOU ; Xiaojuan ZHA

Keywords

Incidentally discovered pheochromocytoma; Clinical characteristics; Diagnosis

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

We have retrospectively analyzed the medical files of 86 consecutive patients who were diagnosed as cases of adrenal or extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma at Changhai hospital between 2001 and 2009. Patients with incidentally detected pheochromocytoma often had lower prevalence of hypertension and lower mean arterial blood pressure compared with those patients suspected of pheochromocytoma on clinical grounds.