Medical Definition of Chromaffin tumour
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A neoplasm composed of chromaffin cells occurring in the medullae of adrenal glands, the organs of Zuckerkandl, or the paraganglia of the thoracolumbar sympathetic chain; some chromaffinoma's secrete catecholamines.
See: pheochromocytoma.
Synonym: chromaffin tumour.
(05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chromaffin Tumour
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