Author | Manger, William Muir. author |
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Title | Pheochromocytoma [electronic resource] / by William Muir Manger, Ray W. Gifford |
Imprint | New York, NY : Springer New York, 1977 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-9900-4 |
Descript | XXV, 398 p. online resource |
1 Background and Importance -- Magnitude of the Hypertensive Problem -- Incidence of Pheochromocytoma -- Historical -- 2 Catecholamine Metabolism: Biosynthesis, Storage, Release, and Inactivation -- General Remarks -- Sympathetic Nerves -- Chromaffin Cells -- Pheochromocytomas -- 3 Origin, Pathopharmacology, and Pathology -- Nomenclature -- Embryology -- Etiology (Sporadic and Familial) -- Age of Occurrence and Sex Predilection -- Location -- Weight and Size -- Physiologic and Pharmacologic Effects -- Gross and Microscopic Appearance -- Ultrastructure -- Malignant Pheochromocytoma -- Pathologic Complications -- 4 Clinical Manifestations -- Frequency and Occurrence of Attacks -- Symptoms -- Signs -- Signs of Complications -- Atypical Manifestations -- Pathologic Entities Sometimes Associated with Pheochromocytoma -- 5 Differential Diagnosis -- General Remarks -- Hypertension -- Anxiety or Psychiatric Disorder -- Hyperthyroidism -- Paroxysmal Tachycardia (Atrial and Nodal) -- Hyperdynamic ?-Adrenergic Circulatory State -- Menopause -- Vasodilating Headaches -- Coronary Insufficiency Syndrome -- Acute Hypertensive Encephalopathy -- Diabetes Mellitus -- Renal Parenchymal or Renal Arterial Disease with Hypertension -- Focal Arterial Insufficiency of the Brain -- Intracranial Lesions (With or Without Increased Intracranial Pressure) -- Autonomic Hyperreflexia -- Diencephalic Seizure (Autonomic Seizure or Epilepsy; Visceral Seizures) and Syndrome -- Toxemia of Pregnancy (Preeclampsia and Eclampsia) -- Hypertensive Crises and Monoamine -- Oxidase Inhibitors -- Carcinoid Tumors -- Hypoglycemia -- Mastocytosis -- Familial Dysautonomia (Riley-Day Syndrome) -- Acrodynia (โPink Diseaseโ) -- Neuroblastoma, Ganglioneuroblastoma, and Ganglioneuroma -- Acute Infectious Disease -- Rare Causes of Paroxysmal Hypertension -- Fortuitous Circumstances Simulating Pheochromocytoma -- Potential Secondary Diagnoses -- 6 Diagnosis -- General Remarks -- A Guide for Screening -- Pheochromocytoma โPearlsโ -- Laboratory Findings -- Electrocardiographic Changes -- Pharmacologic Tests in the Diagnosis of Pheochromocytoma -- Biochemical Tests -- Preoperative Localization of Pheochromocytoma -- 7 Studies on 38 Patients with Pheochromocytoma in Whom Catecholamines Were Determined -- Case Reports -- Blood Pressure and Catecholamine Concentration in Plasma and Tumors of Patients with Pheochromocytoma -- Correlation between Catecholamines in Pheochromocytomas and Elevations of Plasma Catecholamines Due to Actively Secreting Tumors -- Analysis of Findings on 38 Patients with Pheochromocytoma -- Discussion -- 8 Treatment -- Preoperative Evaluation -- Operative Management -- Management of Extraadrenal Pheochromocytomas -- Management of Pheochromocytomas during Pregnancy -- Effect of Anesthesia and Tumor Palpation on Blood Pressure and Plasma Catecholamines -- Operative Mortality and Morbidity -- Recovery Room Observations -- Postoperative Follow-up -- 9 Comments and Conclusions