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Belgian Endocrine Society 2018

BES 2018

Epidemiological, biochemical, genetical aspects of pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas followed in CHU of Liege between 1993 and 2017

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Epidemiological, biochemical, genetical aspects of pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas followed in CHU of Liege between 1993 and 2017

Sandrine Petignot , Laurent Vroonen , Etienne Hamoir , Etienne Creemers , Albert Beckers

Object: Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PPGLs) are rare tumors that are responsible for an inappropriate production of catecholamines. They are heritable in 40% of cases and can integrate different genetic syndroms. Thus, there are several interests to detect them precociously: avoid comorbidities due to the catecholamine hypersecretion, search syndroms and manage their related manifestations and screen the families. The objectives of this study were to separate PPGLs in...