PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pheochromocytoma mean? 

• PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA (noun)
  The noun PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA has 1 sense:

1. a vascular tumor of the adrenal gland; hypersecretion of epinephrine results in intermittent or sustained hypertension

  Familiarity information: PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vascular tumor of the adrenal gland; hypersecretion of epinephrine results in intermittent or sustained hypertension

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

phaeochromocytoma; pheochromocytoma

Hypernyms ("pheochromocytoma" is a kind of...):

neoplasm; tumor; tumour (an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose)

 Context examples 

It is characterized by the development of paragangliomas and pheochromocytomas.

(Hereditary paraganglioma-pheochromocytoma syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

A drug containing a form of radioactive iodine called I 131 that is used to find or treat certain types of tumors, including pheochromocytomas and neuroblastomas.

(iobenguane I 131, NCI Dictionary)

People with hereditary paraganglioma-pheochromocytoma syndrome usually have more than one paraganglioma, and may have an increased risk of certain types of cancer, such as kidney cancer and thyroid cancer.

(Hereditary paraganglioma-pheochromocytoma syndrome, NCI Dictionary)

Representative examples of neoplastic disorders include carcinoid tumor, neuroendocrine carcinoma, and pheochromocytoma.

(Endocrine Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A substance used to detect certain types of tumors, including pheochromocytomas and neuroblastomas.

(Iobenguane I-123, NCI Dictionary)

Dopamine receptors are a class of metabotropic G protein-coupled receptors found in the central nervous system (CNS) and neuroendocrine tumors such as pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma.

(Iodine I 123 Iodobenzamide, NCI Thesaurus)

Although they are usually benign, pheochromocytomas often cause the adrenal gland to make too many hormones.

(Pheochromocytoma, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

Paragangliomas that develop in the adrenal gland are called pheochromocytomas.

(Paraganglioma, NCI Dictionary)

A pheochromocytoma that does not invade surrounding tissues and is confined to the adrenal glands.

(Localized Adrenal Gland Pheochromocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)

DONRYU: Spontaneous tumors 74% in males at 120-weeks, mostly pituitary adenomas, pheochromocytomas and insulinomas.

(DONRYU, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)