A new concept of unopposed β-adrenergic overstimulation in a patient with pheochromocytoma [5]

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 142, Issue 12 I, 2005, Pages 1026-1028

  Kantorovich, Vitaly ^a   Pacak, Karel ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE; LEVODOPA; METADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN; NORMETADRENALIN; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; TYROSINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

ADULT; BETA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; DESENSITIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADRENAL TUMOR; DRUG EFFECT; MIDDLE AGED; SIPPLE SYNDROME;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA TYPE 2A; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA;

EID: 20544464933     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-142-12_part_1-200506210-00023     Document Type: Letter

References (6)

1. Sloand EM, Thompson BT. Propranolol-induced pulmonary edema and shock in a patient with pheochromocytoma. Arch Intern Med. 1984;144:173-4. [PMID: 6691755]
2. Manger WM, Gifford RW. Pheochromocytoma. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2002;4:62-72. [PMID: 11821644]
3. Pacak K, Linehan WM, Eisenhofer G, Walther MM, Goldstein DS. Recent advances in genetics, diagnosis, localization, and treatment of pheochromocytoma. Ann Intern Med. 2001;134:315-29. [PMID: 11182843]
4. Bravo EL. Pheochromocytoma: an approach to antihypertensive management. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2002;970:1-10. [PMID: 12381537]
5. Tsujimoto G, Manger WM, Hoffman BB. Desensitization of beta-adrenergic receptors by pheochromocytoma. Endocrinology. 1984;114:1272-8. [PMID: 6323140]
6. Cases A, Bono M, Gaya J, Jimenez W, Calls J, Esforzado N, et al. Reversible decrease of surface beta 2-adrenoceptor number and response in lymphocytes of patients with pheochromocytoma. Clin Exp Hypertens. 1995;17:537-49. [PMID: 7613527]