Horm Metab Res 2019; 51(07): 401-402
DOI: 10.1055/a-0957-9068
Editorial

Pheochromocytomas: Fabulous, Fascinating, and First (in everything)!

Constantine A. Stratakis
1   Section on Endocrinology & Genetics (SEGEN), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD), NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Patients that sweat over their whole bodies from the beginning…that have burning heat, are cooled without a crisis and then quickly become burning hot again…” [1] Was Hippocrates talking about patients with pheochromocytomas and their classic triad of paroxysmal symptomatology of palpitations, diaphoresis, and headaches? We will never know…



Publication History

Received: 17 June 2019

Accepted: 17 June 2019

Article published online:
15 July 2019

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