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A relatively rare, usually benign neoplasm originating in the chemoreceptor tissue of the carotid body, glomus jugulare, and aortic bodies. Compare: paraganglioma. Synonym(s): glomus jugulare tumor. [ chemo- + G. dektÄs, receiver, fr. dechomai, to receive, + -oma, tumor].
The Endotext version/discussion of the definition of pheochromocytoma in more thorough details: Pheochromocytomas are chromaffin cell tumors that produce, store, metabolize, and secrete catecholamines. The metabolism of catecholamines is a more consistent process than that of catecholamine secretion.