Phaeochromocytorna

Alternate Name:

Test:

U.HMMA (VH), U.patecholamines (H), S.cate-cholamines (H), timetanephrine (H)

Sign:

Hypertension, tachycardia, cardiornegaly

Dd:

Essential hypertension, hyperthyroidism, diabe-tes, psychoneuroses

Phys:

Catecholamine producing tumour of the sympa­thetic nerve tissue, usually in the adrenal glands, causes marked hypertension that may be epi­sodic