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What causes Pheochromocytomas?
The cause of most pheochromocytomas is not known. A small minority (about 10-20%) of pheochromocytomas arise because a person has an inherited susceptibility to them.
What is another name for Pheochromocytoma?
Because pheochromocytomas arise from chromaffin cells, they are occasionally called chromaffin tumors.
How common are Pheochromocytomas?
Pheochromocytomas are rare tumors. They have been reported in babies as young as five days old as well as adults 92 years old. Although they can be found at any time during life, they usually occur in adults between 30 and 40 years of age.
How are pheochromocytomas usually treated?
If a pheochromocytoma is suspected, urine and/or a blood test are usually recommended. A test called "24-hour urinary catacholamines and metanephrines" will be done.
What conditions cause inherited pheochromocytomas?
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia, type 2A (MEN2A), Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia, type 2B (MEN2B), von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) and Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1).
What is the prognosis for people with adrenal gland cancers?
For localized pheochromocytomas the 5-year survival rate is 95%. This rate decreases with aggressive tumors that have metastasized. The prognosis for adrenal cortical cancer is not as good with a 5-year survival rate of 10-35%
How serious is serious?
seriously serious
What is the comparative and superlative of the word serious?
more serious, most serious
What is the superlative form of serious?
more serious and most serious
What is the comparative form of serious?
The comparative form is "more serious"; the superlative form is "most serious".
What is the adverb for serious?
The adverb for serious is seriously.
Is the word serious a noun?
No, the word 'serious' is an adjective, a word that describes a noun (a serious student, a serious injury).The noun form of the adjective 'serious' is seriousness.
