Open AccessComposite pheochromocytoma: A rare form of tumor
Author(s) -
Lakshminarayana GR
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of nephrology/indian journal of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1998-3662
pISSN - 0971-4065
DOI - 10.4103/ijn.ijn_210_18
Subject(s) - pheochromocytoma , medicine , adrenal medulla , pathology , catecholamine
The pheochromocytomas are one of the rare and curable causes of secondary hypertension arising from adrenal medulla, commonly presenting with hypertension; either paroxysmal or persistent. Very rarely they may show cells belonging to more than one line of differentiation and are called as mixed or composite pheochromocytoma.