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PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA


originator: Clara
origination date: 09/05/2002
subject field: medicine: disease
check date: 03/06/2002
checker: Pamela

Conceptual Structures
ISAADRENAL-CANCER
ANCESTORSADRENAL-CANCER
ALL
CHANGE-STATE
CHANGE-STATE-ANIMAL
DISEASE-EVENT
EVENT
HAVE-NEOPLASM
LIVING-EVENT
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-BY-BODY-PART
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-GENITOURINARY-ORGANS
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-KIDNEY-AND-OTHER-AND-UNSPECIFIED-URINARY-ORGANS
PHYSICAL-EVENT
URINARY-TRACT-CANCER


English
pheochromocytomadefinition: rare form of adrenal cancer believed to be inherited. People with pheochromocytoma frequently have hypertension as a result of the release of large amounts of the hormone catecholamine. Symptoms may include headaches, sweating, palpitations, anxiety, and constipation. Diagnostic procedures include blood and urine tests, CT scan, and MRI. The usual treatment is surgery, although radiation therapy and chemotherapy may be used. (en)
number: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10
term type: main entry term

Spanish
feocromocitomadefinition: forma extraña de cáncer suprarrenal supuestamente hereditario. Normalmente los pacientes que presentan feocromocitoma manifiestan hipertensión derivada de la liberación de grandes cantidades de la hormona denominada catecolamina. Entre los síntomas destacan cefaleas, sudir, palpitaciones, ansiedad y estreñimiento. Los procedimientos diagnósticos comprenden análisis de sangre y orina, TAC y RMN. El tratamiento de elección lo constituye la cirugía, aunque también se pueden aplicar quimioterapia y radioterapia. (es)
gender: masculine
number: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10
term type: main entry term