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Pheochromocytoma in an accessory adrenal gland: a case report

Very few cases of pheochromocytoma in functional accessory adrenal glands have been documented in literature. We present a twenty-four year old Nigerian female who presented with pheochromocytoma. Investigations revealed a suprarenal mass, which was diagnosed as an accessory gland adrenal tumour at...

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Autores principales: Afuwape, Oludolapo, Ladipo, Josephus K, Ogun, Olabiyi, Adeleye, Jokotade, Irabor, David
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769278/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19918568
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-6271
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Sumario:Very few cases of pheochromocytoma in functional accessory adrenal glands have been documented in literature. We present a twenty-four year old Nigerian female who presented with pheochromocytoma. Investigations revealed a suprarenal mass, which was diagnosed as an accessory gland adrenal tumour at surgery. This shows that accessory adrenal glands can be a basis for development of pheochromocytoma.