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Adrenal Pheochromocytoma Incidentally Discovered in a Patient With Parkinsonism.

Luigi Petramala, Antonio Concistrè, Cristiano Marinelli, Laura Zinnamosca, Gino Iannucci, Piernatale Lucia, Giuseppe De Vincentis, Claudio Letizia

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Article in Medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Luigi PetramalaFrom the Specialized Center of Secondary Hypertension (LP, AC, CM, LZ, CL); Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (LP, AC, CM, LZ, GI, PL, CL); and Department of Radiology, Section Nuclear Medicine, University of Rome "La Sapienza," Rome, Italy (GDV).
Antonio Concistrè
Cristiano Marinelli
Laura Zinnamosca
Gino Iannucci
Piernatale Lucia
Giuseppe De Vincentis
Claudio Letizia
Sapienza University of Rome · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To evaluate the diagnostic route of pheochromocytoma (PHEO) in a patient under dopaminergic treatment.A 70-year-old man with Parkinsonism and under treatment with levodopa and carbidopa came to our observation for evaluation of arterial hypertension and right adrenal mass discovered incidentally.To evaluate adrenal hormone levels we performed a dexamethasone suppression test, plasma aldosterone levels and 24-hr urinary metanephrine, which revealed elevated levels of catecholamines metabolities. 123-I-metaiodobenzylguanidine SPECT scintiscan revealed raised activity within the right adrenal gland concordant with the mass. The diagnosis of PHEO was posed and an elective laparoscopic adrenalectomy was performed; histopathological examination confirmed the PHEO diagnosis.Recently the coexistence of PHEO and Parkinsonism is a very rare association of diseases, with only 3 cases reported in literature. In this article, another case is reported and diagnostic procedures are discussed.

Indexed as

Adrenal Gland NeoplasmsAgedHumansIncidental FindingsMaleParkinsonian DisordersPheochromocytoma

Identifiers

PMID26496334
PMCPMC4620812
OpenAlexW2313676130

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