BACKGROUND Phaeochromocytoma and paragangliomas(PPGL)are rare neuroendocrine tumors usually caused by parasympathetic or sympathetic nerves,with an overall incidence of approximately 0.66 cases per 100000 people per y...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2016YFC1300100);the CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences(2022-I2M-C&T-A-010,2022-I2MC&T-B-041);National High Level Hospital Clinical Research Funding(2022-PUMCH-D-005,2022-PUMCH-B-110)。
Dear Editor,Pheochromocytomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors originating from chromaffin cells in the adrenal medulla(Neumann et al., 2019). A number of case reports and small cohorts have reported the association bet...
Epigenetic mechanisms,such as DNA methylation and histone modifications(e.g.,acetylation and deacetylation),are strongly implicated in the carcinogenesis of various malignancies.During transcription,the expression and ...
Pheochromocytomas or paragangliomas are rare and the diagnosis remains a challenge for clinicians.We present a woman suffering from recurrent myocardial infarction and cardiomyopathy,who was finally diagnosed with par...
Supported by Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai(09ZR1418500);Foundation of Shanghai Munieipal Education Commission (IIYZ58)
Objective To investigate the diagnosis and treatment of pheochromocytomas in urinary bladder and review relative literatures. Methods The clinical data of 6 cases of bladder pheochromocytoma were retrospectively analy...
Objective To analyze the clinical characteristics of nonfunctioning pheochromocytoma, and to evaluate the efficacy of 131I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) scan in the diagnosis and perioperative treatment of nonfunctio...
Nonfunctional pheochromocytoma is a particular type of pheochromocytoma without typical clinical features of catecholaminism. It is difficult to diagnose or differentially diagnose. This type of pheochromocytoma is ra...