Pre- and peri-operative characteristics, complications and outcomes of patients with biochemically silent pheochromocytomas; a case series.

Athanasios FountasGeorgia KantiSpyridoula GlycofridiMaria A ChristouAthanasia KalantziIrene GiagourtaAthina MarkouGeorgia NtaliChrysanthi AggeliEleftheria SaoulidouAntonia DimakopoulouGeorge N ZografosTheodora KounadiStelios TigasLabrini Papanastasiou

Published in: Endocrine (2022)

The majority (90%) of patients with biochemically silent pheochromocytomas developed hemodynamic instability during adrenal surgery. In patients with biochemically silent adrenal lesions and a high suspicion index for pheochromocytoma based on tumor imaging characteristics, pre-operative alpha-blockade treatment may be advisable.

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