pheochromocytoma A functional chromaffinoma, usually benign, derived from adrenal medullary tissue cells and characterized by the secretion of catecholamines, resulting in hypertension, which may be paroxysmal and associated with attacks of palpitation, headache, nausea, dyspnea, anxiety, pallor, and profuse sweating. Pheochromocytoma is often hereditary, not only in phacomas such as Hippel-Lindau disease, neurofibromatosis, and familial endocrine neoplasia, but also as an isolated defect in its own right as an autosomal dominant trait. Medications (drug generics) used in pheochromocytoma Primary Drugs Metyrosine Secondary Drugs Contra Drugs Levosulpiride
pheochromocytoma A functional chromaffinoma, usually benign, derived from adrenal medullary tissue cells and characterized by the secretion of catecholamines, resulting in hypertension, which may be paroxysmal and associated with attacks of palpitation, headache, nausea, dyspnea, anxiety, pallor, and profuse sweating. Pheochromocytoma is often hereditary, not only in phacomas such as Hippel-Lindau disease, neurofibromatosis, and familial endocrine neoplasia, but also as an isolated defect in its own right as an autosomal dominant trait. Medications (drug generics) used in pheochromocytoma Primary Drugs Metyrosine Secondary Drugs Contra Drugs Levosulpiride