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A workup for pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma is performed when a patient presents with paroxysmal or labile hypertension and episodes of sweating, headache, and palpitations; however, these hormone secreting tumors are rarely found. Oftentimes patients with this constellation of signs and symptoms have another condition causing catecholamine excess that is masquerading as a pheochromocytoma, and in some cases the exact cause remains unknown. Such patients may have “pseudopheochromocytoma,” and the approach to treating these patients tends to include an evaluation for and treatment of numerous other conditions that can mimic pheochromocytoma including mental health disorders.
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Saxon, D.R., Fishbein, L. (2019). Pseudopheochromocytoma. In: McDermott, M. (eds) Management of Patients with Pseudo-Endocrine Disorders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22720-3_15
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