The catecholamine metabolites vanillylmandelic acid and homovanillic acid can be measured quantitatively in the urine as a test for the disease. Pheochromocytoma is a benign tumor derived from the adrenal medulla or sympathetic paraganglia. The tumor secretes epinephrine and norepinephrine. These catecholamines cause attacks of hypertension, headache, nausea and vomiting, sweating, pallor and severe apprehension.
Cloud Gate is a sculpture designed by British artist Anish Kappor, located in AT & T Plaza of Millennium Park within the Loop Neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois. Constructed between 2004 and 2006, the sculpture was unveiled during the summer of 2004.
Editor's note: Later this month, China will unveil a new stainless steel sculpture that is said to be made in the shape of a big oil bubble. Hmmmm. Even with the grid of LED lighting on the ground underneath the sculpture, it looks suspiciously like Chicago's Cloud Gate. London-based and Mumbai-born... As for the controversy over the bogus bean, we'll leave it to legal experts to debate the details, including enforcement questions.