Pheochromocytoma in Pregnancy
- 11 August 1955
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 253 (6) , 242-243
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm195508112530607
Abstract
THE coincidence of pheochromocytoma in pregnancy presents a problem. After the diagnosis is made, several alternatives are available. It is only through reports of these cases that the best treatment can be determined. Several recent comprehensive reviews of pheochromocytoma are available.1 2 3 Case ReportThe past medical history and the family history of Mrs. E.J.C. seemed noncontributory, although she had infectious hepatitis (?) as a child and, at the age of 12, had been told that she had a heart murmur. No signs or symptoms of heart disease were ever otherwise present. In 1951, at the age of 21, in the . . .Keywords
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