Pheochromocytoma-induced shock: a case report

• Main Authors: Stanley de Almeida Araújo (Author), Paula Alves Santos do Carmo (Author), Eduardo Paulino Júnior (Author), Isabela Nascimento Borges (Author), Luiz Otávio Savassi Rocha (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2012-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Because of its rarity, together with the variability and nonspecificity of its signs and symptoms, pheochromocytoma, a tumor arising from chromaffin cells, creates an unlucky paradox: it is often missed but only rarely found. Besides the association with arterial hypertension, often in the form of p...