Pheochromocytoma differential diagnosis
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Overview
Pheochromocytoma must be differentiated from anxiety, carcinoid, and hypoglycemia.
Differentiating Pheochromocytoma from other Diseases
The differential diagnosis of pheochromocytoma includes:
- Anxiety disorders
- Carcinoid tumor
- Paragangliomas
- Essential hypertension
- Hyperthyroidism
- Insulinoma
- Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia
- Renovascular hypertension
- Hypoglycemia
- Stress
- Exercise
- Medications such as stimulants, methyldopa, and dopamine agonists