嗜铬细胞瘤是分泌儿茶酚胺(catecholamines,CA)的肿瘤,其细胞来自胚胎发育时的神经嵴,常见于肾上腺髓质,也可见于肾上腺以外的交感神经节、交感神经丛等,一般为阵发性或持续性分泌大量的儿茶酚胺(肾上腺素、去甲肾上腺素和多巴胺),引起阵发性或持续性高血压与代谢亢进等临床表 Pheochromocytoma is a tumor that secretes catecholamines (CA), whose cells are derived from the neural crest during embryonic development, commonly found in the adrenal medulla, as well as sympathetic ganglia and sympathetic plexus other than the adrenal gland Secretion of large quantities of catecholamines (epinephrine, norepinephrine, and dopamine), either sexually or persistently, causing clinical manifestations of paroxysmal or persistent hypertension and hypermetabolism