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Resection of Retroperitoneal Extra-Adrenal Pheochromocytoma: A Case Report

Extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas are rare catecholamine-producing tumors that arise from chromaffin cells outside the adrenal glands. We report on the case of a 62-year-old male who initially presented with upper respiratory tract symptoms and was found to have a suprapubic pelvic mass and an asympto...

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Autores principales: Ghantous, Imad, Najjar, Aziz, Tlaiss, Yehya, Danaf, Samer, Chouairy, Camil J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10485873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37692674
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43185
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author Ghantous, Imad
Najjar, Aziz
Tlaiss, Yehya
Danaf, Samer
Chouairy, Camil J
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description Extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas are rare catecholamine-producing tumors that arise from chromaffin cells outside the adrenal glands. We report on the case of a 62-year-old male who initially presented with upper respiratory tract symptoms and was found to have a suprapubic pelvic mass and an asymptomatic right inguinal hernia. The diagnostic evaluation involved an abdominal ultrasound, a CT scan, followed by an MRI, which revealed a well-marginated large mass whose characteristics indicated a retroperitoneal sarcoma. Upon successful surgical resection, the mass was found to be encapsulated and no peripheral structure invasion was present; the right inguinal hernia was repaired, and a double J-stent was placed. Histopathological examination revealed extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma. This case report sheds light on diagnostic and therapeutic challenges when dealing with extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas and the importance of considering them as a differential diagnosis when presented with a case of retroperitoneal mass.
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spelling pubmed-104858732023-09-09 Resection of Retroperitoneal Extra-Adrenal Pheochromocytoma: A Case Report Ghantous, Imad Najjar, Aziz Tlaiss, Yehya Danaf, Samer Chouairy, Camil J Cureus Obstetrics/Gynecology Extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas are rare catecholamine-producing tumors that arise from chromaffin cells outside the adrenal glands. We report on the case of a 62-year-old male who initially presented with upper respiratory tract symptoms and was found to have a suprapubic pelvic mass and an asymptomatic right inguinal hernia. The diagnostic evaluation involved an abdominal ultrasound, a CT scan, followed by an MRI, which revealed a well-marginated large mass whose characteristics indicated a retroperitoneal sarcoma. Upon successful surgical resection, the mass was found to be encapsulated and no peripheral structure invasion was present; the right inguinal hernia was repaired, and a double J-stent was placed. Histopathological examination revealed extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma. This case report sheds light on diagnostic and therapeutic challenges when dealing with extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas and the importance of considering them as a differential diagnosis when presented with a case of retroperitoneal mass. Cureus 2023-08-09 /pmc/articles/PMC10485873/ /pubmed/37692674 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43185 Text en Copyright © 2023, Ghantous et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Ghantous, Imad
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Resection of Retroperitoneal Extra-Adrenal Pheochromocytoma: A Case Report
title Resection of Retroperitoneal Extra-Adrenal Pheochromocytoma: A Case Report
title_full Resection of Retroperitoneal Extra-Adrenal Pheochromocytoma: A Case Report
title_fullStr Resection of Retroperitoneal Extra-Adrenal Pheochromocytoma: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Resection of Retroperitoneal Extra-Adrenal Pheochromocytoma: A Case Report
title_short Resection of Retroperitoneal Extra-Adrenal Pheochromocytoma: A Case Report
title_sort resection of retroperitoneal extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma: a case report
topic Obstetrics/Gynecology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10485873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37692674
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43185
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