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endocrine glands, adrenal metastases, ct scan, adrenal tumor, ct, adrenal gland hormone secretion, chromaffin tumors, pheochromocytoma, tumor, the adrenal gland that causes, excess release of epinephrine, norepinephrine, hormones that regulate heart rate, blood pressure, pheochromocytoma, a single tumor, multiple growths, develops, in the medulla, center, core, adrenal glands, this kind of tumor occurs outside the adrenal gland, somewhere else, in the abdomen, less than 10% of pheochromocytomas, malignant, cancerous, the potential to spread to other parts, tumors, occur at any age, most common from early to mid-adulthood, a common clinical feature, paroxysm, an attack of symptoms listed below, frequent but sporadic, occurring at unpredictable intervals, paroxysms, increase in frequency, duration, severity, the tumor grows, severe headache, palpitations, rapid heart rate, sweating, flushing, chest pain, abdominal pain, nervousness, irritability, increased appetite, loss of weight, additional symptoms that associated, sleeping difficulty, hand tremor, high blood pressure, vital signs, temperature, pulse, rate of breathing, blood pressure, reveal high blood pressure, hypertension, sustained, episodic, rapid heart rate, elevated temperature, an adrenal biopsy that shows pheochromocytoma, a mibg scintiscan that shows tumor, an mri of abdomen that shows adrenal mass, an abdominal ct scan that shows mass, elevated urine metanephrine, elevated urine catecholamines, abnormal results of a glucose test, abnormal levels of catecholamines, in the blood, definitive treatment is removal, the tumor by surgery, stabilization, the person's vital signs, prior to surgery is important, require hospitalization, after surgery, necessary to continually monitor all vital signs in an intensive care unit, case of an inoperable tumor, management, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, effective in curing this kind of tumor, patients, non-cancerous tumors, removed, surgery, 95% of these patients, still alive after 5 years, tumors come back in less than 10% of these patients, hormone secretion of norepinephrine, epinephrine returns to normal after surgery, patients, cancerous tumors, removed, surgery, less than 50% of patients, alive after 5 years, high blood pressure, not be cured in 25% of patients after surgery, yet control, achieved in these people, standard treatments, hypertension, recurrence of tumor, occur in 10%, the cases, have symptoms of pheochromocytoma, pheochromocytoma, symptoms recur.