2019
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-018-4181-2
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Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma—an update on diagnosis, evaluation, and management

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“…The gold standard treatment is surgical resection of the tumor, with very strict preoperative preparation to control blood pressure using adrenergic blockade [ 8 ], laparoscopy should be preferred to open abdomen unless the tumor size exceeds 8 cm, uncertain diagnosis or a contraindication to laparoscopy as well as the surgeon expertise and the lateral or anterior trans peritoneal approach is ideally considered unless the patient has a history of previous abdominal surgery or a bilateral adrenalectomy then the posterior approach is required so no position changing will be needed [ 7 ]…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The gold standard treatment is surgical resection of the tumor, with very strict preoperative preparation to control blood pressure using adrenergic blockade [ 8 ], laparoscopy should be preferred to open abdomen unless the tumor size exceeds 8 cm, uncertain diagnosis or a contraindication to laparoscopy as well as the surgeon expertise and the lateral or anterior trans peritoneal approach is ideally considered unless the patient has a history of previous abdominal surgery or a bilateral adrenalectomy then the posterior approach is required so no position changing will be needed [ 7 ]…”
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confidence: 99%
“…We initiated antihypertensive therapy with phenoxybenzamine as α blockade along with subsequent expansion of the therapy with a β-blocker. 3,4 Treatment was initiated after meta-iodobenzylguanidine scintigraphy to avoid interference causing false-negative results. 5 Pathologic examination of the removed tumor confirmed pheochromocytoma.…”
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“…The classic symptoms of catecholamine excess include headaches, diaphoresis and palpitations, which may be episodic in nature. This triad of the disease is present in about 54% of patients (3). The most common symptom in children, present in 60-90% of cases, is sustained hypertension (2).…”
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confidence: 99%