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Top: Health: Conditions_and_Diseases: Endocrine_Disorders: Adrenal: Pheochromocytoma
| Submit sites about the type of benign or malignant tumor of the adrenal gland that causes excess release of epinephrine and norepinephrine, the hormones that regulate heart rate and blood pressure. |
A benign or malignant tumor that is derived from chromaffin cells and is usually associated with paroxysmal or sustained hypertension. Often found on the adrenal gland but may rarely occur elsewhere in the body. These types of tumors are generally benign (non-cancerous) with less than 10 percent being cancer.
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