ea0040p19 | (1) | ESEBEC2016
Lages Adriana de Sousa
, Oliveira Patricia
, Rodrigues Dircea
, Costa Gracinda
, Martins Maria Joao
, Furtado Emanuel
, Oliveira Joao
, Vicente Nuno
, Cardoso Luis
, Oliveira Diana
, Martins Diana
, Ventura Mara
, Carrilho Francisco
Introduction: Pheochromocytomas are adrenomedullary catecholamine-secreting tumors. These account for <0.1% of all causes of hypertension and may be related to potentially fatal hypertensive crises. Can appear as sporadic tumors or associated with familial syndromes.Malignancy occurs in 1520% of the cases and is characterized by local invasion or distant metastasis rather than capsular invasion. Tumor recurrence has been reported with a frequen...