Clinically Unsuspected Pheochromocytomas

A 43 Years Old Lady with Silent Pheochromocytomaÿa Case Report

“…Although the majority of patients are symptomatic, 10-30% of pheochromocytomas are clinically silent 6. Identification of the hormone activity and malignant potential among patients with adrenal incidentalomas are clinically important.…”

Secondary hypertension in the elderly

“…27 Also, other reports based on smaller groups of patients have demonstrated that clinically unsuspected pheochromocytoma found at autopsy or during laparotomy, as well as following imaging examinations of the abdomen for unrelated indications, often concern elderly patients. 29,30 This suggests that in the older patient pheochromocytoma may run a silent clinical course more readily than in the younger. The significance of these findings is not obvious.…”