Pediatric Patients with Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma should have routine preoperative genetic testing for common susceptibility genes and imaging to detect extra-adrenal and metastatic tumors

BACKGROUND: Pediatric pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PC/PGLs) are rare with limited data as to what the optimal management approach is. The aim of this study was to determine the role of genetic testing and imaging to detect extra-adrenal and/or metastatic tumors in pediatric PC/PGLs. METHODS...

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Published in:Surgery
Main Authors: Babic, Bruna, Patel, Dhaval, Aufforth, Rachel, Assadipour, Yasmine, Sadowski, Samira M., Quezado, Martha, Nilubol, Naris, Prodanov, Tamara, Pacak, Karel, Kebebew, Electron
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5164949/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27865588
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2016.05.059
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