Pheochromocytoma and Neurofibromatosis
- 13 March 1958
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 258 (11), 540-543
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm195803132581106
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 . . .Keywords
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