Carling Adrenal Center Spotlights Pheochromocytoma: The Common Adrenal Tumor You've Never Heard Of--But Could Be Making You Sick

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This Pheo Para Awareness Week, The Carling Adrenal Center is working to bring attention to the prevalence of pheochromocytoma (pheo) and paraganglioma (para), which are neuroendocrine tumors that make excess adrenaline.
The Carling Adrenal Center at the Hospital for Endocrine Surgery performs more pheochromocytoma operations than any other institution worldwide, allowing insight into how these high blood pressure-causing tumors may be recognized and treated years earlier.
Despite many doctors thinking this is a rare tumor, the Carling Adrenal Center is raising a critical point during Pheo Para Awareness Week: this condition is more common than believed, but it often remains underdiagnosed due to its complex presentation and the lack of awareness among medical professionals and the general public.
The founder of the Carling Adrenal Center, Dr. Tobias Carling, has spent decades dedicated to refining surgical techniques, research, and raising awareness about pheochromocytoma.