[Neurofibromatosis type I and hypertension: a case report].

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UOC Medicina Interna, II Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università La Sapienza, Azienda Ospedaliera Sant'Andrea, Roma.

Published: December 2008

Pheochromocytomas are catecholamine-producing neuroendocrine tumors arising from chromaffine cells derived from the embryonic neural crest. They occur in 0.1-5.7% of patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (von Recklinghausen's disease). We report the case of an adrenal pheochromocytoma in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1.

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