PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | aneurysm |
| Phenotype | C0031511|pheochromocytoma |
| Sentences | 3 |
| PubMedID- 23919200 | Possible etiological factors leading to the coexistence of aortic aneurysm with pheochromocytoma are: (i) persistent exposure to high catecholamines leads to damage and subsequent weakening of vascular wall, (ii) associated cigarette smoking, increasing age, hypertension and atherosclerosis, (iii) coexistence of vasculitis like takayasu's disease, giant cell arteritis and cystic medial necrosis due to marfan syndrome and ehlers danlos syndrome and (iv) chance association. |
| PubMedID- 23226643 | To the best of our knowledge, ours is the first reported series emanating from india comprising of pheochromocytoma associated with aortoarteritis, aortic aneurysm, and inferior vena caval thrombosis without any tumoral invasion. |
| PubMedID- 21273751 | Cerebral infarction along the distribution of perforating arteries during aneurysm surgery in a patient with pheochromocytoma--case report. |
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