ea0049ep89 | Adrenal medulla | ECE2017
Al-Sharefi Ahmed
, Ashraff Suhel
, Vanka Ramesh
, Nag Satyajit
Pheocromocytomas (PHEO) are catecholamine secreting tumours which can occur sporadically or as part of other hereditary/familial syndromes including Neurofibromotosis 1 (NF-1). Unlike the case with other genetic syndromes, the current neurofibromatosis guidelines do not recommend a routine hormonal screening strategy for PHEO in the absence of hypertension or other symptoms. In this paper we describe 2 asymptomatic and normotensive patients with NF-1 where secretory PHEO were ...