• DOI:10.1515/JPEM.2002.15.9.1563
Corpus ID: 37955071

Pheochromocytoma Presenting as Stroke in Two Taiwanese Children

@article{Van2002PheochromocytomaPA,
  title={Pheochromocytoma Presenting as Stroke in Two Taiwanese Children},
  author={Y. Van and Huei-Shyong Wang and Ching-Horng Lai and Jer-Nan Lin and F. Lo},
  journal={Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism},
  year={2002},
  volume={15},
  pages={1563 - 1568}
}

Y. Van, Huei-Shyong Wang, +2 authors F. Lo

Published 2002

Medicine

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Pheochromocytoma is a rare tumor and accounts for about 1% of pediatric hypertension. Its diagnosis is important because the hypertension is usually curable by eradication of the tumor. We report two Taiwanese children with pheochromocytoma presenting as stroke. Patient 1 developed a cerebral infarction and patient 2 had an intracranial hemorrhage. Abdominal MRI of patient 1 showed an extraadrenal tumor 5.1 x 4 x 4.7 cm in size and abdominal CT of patient 2 revealed a left adrenal mass 4 x 2.9… CONTINUE READING

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