Randomized multicenter trial documenting the efficacy and safety of a lactose-free and a lactose-containing formula for term infants.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of a new lactose-free infant formula.

Design: Randomized, prospective, double-blind, controlled, outpatient, multicenter, parallel 12-week trial.

Setting: Ambulatory-care facilities of the participating centers.

Paragangliomatosis with numerous catecholamine-producing tumors.

Catecholamine-producing tumors may be found wherever paraganglion tissue exists, and they may be associated with a variety of conditions (multiple endocrine neoplasia types 1, 2a and 2b). The patient described in this report had 21 paragangliomas removed between the ages of 13 and 17 years, and she has evidence of additional tumors. This is the greatest number of paragangliomas reported, and the tumors involved numerous sites.