Title of article :
Educational Case: Pheochromocytoma
Author/Authors :
Westover, Clinton Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA , Conran, Richard Michael Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA
Abstract :
The following fictional case is intended as a learning tool within the Pathology Competencies for Medical Education (PCME), a set of national standards for teaching pathology. These are divided into three basic competencies: Disease Mechanisms and Processes, Organ System Pathology, and Diagnostic Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology. For additional information, and a full list of learning objectives for all three competencies, see http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2374289517715040.
Keywords :
pathology competencies , organ system pathology , endocrine , pheochromocytoma , paraganglioma , adrenal tumor , multiple endocrine neoplasia , secondary hypertension , familial pheochromocytoma-paraganglioma syndrome
Journal title :
Academic Pathology
