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Can a pheochromocytoma perforate? if so, what would the consequences be?
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Unlikely: Pheochromocytoma is a tumor of adrenal gland. The tumor is usually in the middle of the gland and it generally not very large, therefore perforation is not a likely event.
Answered 3/9/2015
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