Long‐term outcome of a large series of patients surgically treated for pheochromocytoma

. Objective. To analyse the morbidity, mortality and long‐term outcome in a consecutive series of surgically treated patients with pheochromocytoma (PC), or paraganglioma (PG), from the western region of Sweden between 1950 and 1997. Patients. All patients (n = 121) who had been hospitalized and t...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of internal medicine 2005-07, Vol.258 (1), p.55-66
Hauptverfasser:	KHORRAM‐MANESH, A., AHLMAN, H., NILSSON, O., FRIBERG, P., ODÉN, A., STENSTRÖM, G., HANSSON, G., STENQUIST, O., WÄNGBERG, B., TISELL, L.‐E., JANSSON, S.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adrenal Gland Neoplasms - mortality Adrenal Gland Neoplasms - pathology Adrenal Gland Neoplasms - surgery Adrenal Gland Neoplasms/mortality/pathology/surgery Adrenal Medulla - pathology Adrenals. Adrenal axis. Renin-angiotensin system (diseases) Adrenergic Adult Aged alpha/administration & dosage Biological and medical sciences Blood Pressure - physiology clinical outcome Endocrinopathies Female General aspects Humans Hyperplasia Hypertension - complications Male Medical and Health Sciences Medical sciences Medicin och hälsovetenskap Middle Aged Neoplasm Invasiveness Non tumoral diseases. Target tissue resistance. Benign neoplasms Paraganglioma - mortality Paraganglioma - pathology Paraganglioma - surgery Paraganglioma/mortality/pathology/surgery pheochromocytoma Pheochromocytoma - mortality Pheochromocytoma - pathology Pheochromocytoma - surgery Pheochromocytoma/mortality/pathology/surgery Postoperative Period Preoperative Care - methods Receptors Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha - administration & dosage Retrospective Studies Survival Analysis Treatment Outcome
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Zusammenfassung:	. Objective. To analyse the morbidity, mortality and long‐term outcome in a consecutive series of surgically treated patients with pheochromocytoma (PC), or paraganglioma (PG), from the western region of Sweden between 1950 and 1997. Patients. All patients (n = 121) who had been hospitalized and treated for PC/PG over 47 years. Design. Retrospective review of patients with PC/PG regarding presenting symptoms, tumour characteristics, clinical management and long‐term outcome after treatment. Setting. One referral centre for all patients from the western region of Sweden. Results. During an observation of 15 ± 6 years, 42 patients died vs. 23.6 expected in the general population (P
ISSN:	0954-6820 1365-2796
DOI:	10.1111/j.1365-2796.2005.01504.x