Phaeochromocytoma in a patient with a Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome phenotype

A case of phaeochromocytoma in a female patient in her 50s with phenotypical expressions for the rare Birt-Hogg-Dubé (BHD) syndrome is presented. Whether this is an incidental finding or that there is a composite relationship between these two entities remains to be fully described. Less than 10 cas...

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Autores principales: Alkundi, Alamin, Momoh, Rabiu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2023
Materias:
Case Reports: Unusual association of diseases/symptoms
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10069485/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36997239
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2022-252362
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Sumario:A case of phaeochromocytoma in a female patient in her 50s with phenotypical expressions for the rare Birt-Hogg-Dubé (BHD) syndrome is presented. Whether this is an incidental finding or that there is a composite relationship between these two entities remains to be fully described. Less than 10 cases reporting likely association of BHD syndrome with adrenal tumours have been reported in the literature to date.

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