Objective: To describe a rare single-stage surgical approach for vertebral metastatic pheochromocytoma in a middle-aged adult and review perioperative management strategies. Introduction ...

MYOCARDIAL lesions have been described in patients who had received catecholamines for prolonged periods before death, 1–4 and similar lesions have been produced in the myocardium of laboratory ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved belzutifan (Welireg, Merck) for adult and pediatric patients aged 12 years or older with locally advanced, unresectable, or metastatic ...

Welireg is the first FDA-approved oral therapy for PPGL, based on the LITESPARK-015 trial results. The trial showed a 26% overall response rate, with responses lasting a median of 20.4 months. Common ...

Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 is a rare genetic disorder that causes tumors in the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands. Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN2) is one of several types of ...

Welireg's sNDA for advanced PPGL treatment is under FDA priority review, potentially becoming the first U.S. therapy for this condition. The LITESPARK-015 trial supports the sNDA with ORR and DOR data ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for Priority Review the supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for belzutifan for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients aged 12 years and ...

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Introduction: Pheochromocytomas are catecholamine-secreting tumors that arise from chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla. The annual incidence is approximately 0.8 per 100,000 persons, though this ...

Once a virus infects your body, it can destroy healthy cells and make multiple copies of itself. The virus causing COVID mainly attacks the cells lining your airways. This makes it hard for you to ...

Endocrinologists are used to people not knowing what they do. Patients often assume that, for example, Dr. Rasa Kazlauskaite spends her days focused on the “love hormones,” like testosterone and ...