Pheochromocytoma and Neurofibromatosis

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Abstract
THE association of pheochromocytoma and the neurocutaneous syndromes is widely recognized. It is estimated that neurofibromatosis is present with approximately 5 per cent of pheochromocytomas. Glushien, Mansuy and Littman,1 in 1953, summarized the literature to that time and reported a total of 18 cases, including 1 of their own, in which these entities appeared together. Knox and Slessor2 added a similar case in 1955. The case reported below is believed to be the twentieth such case reported.Case ReportA 25-year-old man was admitted to Salem Hospital complaining of severe generalized headache and sharp epigastric pain radiating into the left . . .