Does pheochromocytoma cause flushing or pallor?

Yes. It depends on whether alpha or beta effects predominate. Surely you didn't think it would be that simple!

Pallor Causes

Perhaps, but I never experienced that.

Typical symptoms include: high blood pressure, unexplained headaches (sometimes while defecating), extreme weight loss. Pheos are extremely rare--they find less than 1,000 per year in the US.

Have you actually been diagnosed with a pheochromocytoma or are you just exploring possibilities? Your doctor will ask you to collect urine for 24 hours to check your catecholamine and metanephrine levels to help confirm the diagnosis. Prior to surgery, you will be placed on several types of blood pressure medication to prepare your heart for this serious surgery.

I had a pheochromocytoma and experienced nasty headaches. I experienced very severe headaches more than 10 years prior to my diagnosis. I would rate them 14 on a 1-10 scale. I was prescribe Fiorinal, which didn't help. My headaches years later would rate a 10.

For the few years prior to my diagnosis, the headache descriptions I provided my doctor were labeled as migraines. They weren't. My headaches were both light and noise sensitive. Medication didn't help at all. The only thing that worked was lying down in a quiet darkened room. It got to the point where I would sense the onset of a headache about 30 seconds in advance, what doctors termed a migraine aura. Many times these headaches would follow extended periods of impassioned discussion on some political topic. I would suddenly sense a loss of breath, then lightheadedness, then the full-blown debilitating headache. I could not walk on my own.

I also experienced headaches when defecating (craping). This is actually a pheo symptom, but one that patients are usually reluctant to share. It takes a good doctor to ask that question!

The headache was all over, not in any particular location. It felt like my head was in a vise. They usually were not throbbing, but a constant full-on pressure and pain. I don't recall having minor headaches, except while defecating.

The good news is that I have not experienced any headaches since my adrenalectomy surgery 7

years ago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheochromocytoma

The Wikipedia pages says that about 17% of cases are bilateral. Back in 2002 my endocrinologist and all the literature stated that 10% were bilateral. I wonder if the data has changed.

I wish you all the best in your progress and that doctors help you get through this.

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Either. When your blood pressure spikes, you can flush. Pallor would be the vasoconstriction from the norepinephrine in your system. Carcinoid is classically associated with flushing, Pheo with pallor and tremors.

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