| Literature DB >> 19388218 |
Massimiliano Rocchietti March1, Carmela De Palma, Paolo Diego L'Angiocola, Giuseppe Aliberti.
Abstract
Pheochromocytomas are catecholamine-producing neuroendocrine tumors arising from chromaffine cells derived from the embryonic neural crest. They occur in 0.1-5.7% of patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (von Recklinghausen's disease). We report the case of an adrenal pheochromocytoma in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 19388218
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Recenti Prog Med ISSN: 0034-1193