ea0056p81 | Adrenal medulla | ECE2018
Ni Lee Yun
, Casey Edel
, Baig Mirza Asfand
, Wickramsinghe Sasala
, Jones Stuart
, Nagy Zoltan
, Syed Imran
, Kelkar Anand
, Stojanovic Nemanja
, Pittathankal Antony
, Tanday Raj
, Nikookam Khash
Phaeochromocytomas are rare catecholamine secreting tumours with an incidence of 1:45001:1700 in the United States. Doxazosin and Phenoxybenzamine are alpha-1 selective and non-selective alpha blockers respectively which are commonly used to treat this condition peri-operatively. There are no randomized controlled studies comparing the effectiveness of these two medications. However, there are retrospective studies comparing these two medications; some favouring alpha-1 ...