Malignant and Metastatic Pheochromocytoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature()

Pheochromocytomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors. Although predominantly occurring in the adrenal glands, these tumors can present anywhere along the sympathetic chain. Indeed, classical teaching states that 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal and 10% are malignant. We report a case of a 61-y...

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Autores principales: Johnson, Michael H., Cavallo, Jaime A., Figenshau, R. Sherburne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
Materias:
Oncology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4735481/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26839793
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2014.05.001
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description Pheochromocytomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors. Although predominantly occurring in the adrenal glands, these tumors can present anywhere along the sympathetic chain. Indeed, classical teaching states that 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal and 10% are malignant. We report a case of a 61-year-old female who underwent presumptive cytoreductive nephrectomy and adrenalectomy for renal carcinoma but was instead found to have malignant pheochromocytoma. Proper identification, surgical extirpation, and follow-up are imperative for treatment. We review the classic and current literature regarding management of this uncommon tumor.
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spelling pubmed-47354812016-02-02 Malignant and Metastatic Pheochromocytoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature() Johnson, Michael H. Cavallo, Jaime A. Figenshau, R. Sherburne Urol Case Rep Oncology Pheochromocytomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors. Although predominantly occurring in the adrenal glands, these tumors can present anywhere along the sympathetic chain. Indeed, classical teaching states that 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal and 10% are malignant. We report a case of a 61-year-old female who underwent presumptive cytoreductive nephrectomy and adrenalectomy for renal carcinoma but was instead found to have malignant pheochromocytoma. Proper identification, surgical extirpation, and follow-up are imperative for treatment. We review the classic and current literature regarding management of this uncommon tumor. Elsevier 2014-07-02 /pmc/articles/PMC4735481/ /pubmed/26839793 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2014.05.001 Text en © 2014 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).
spellingShingle Oncology
Johnson, Michael H.
Cavallo, Jaime A.
Figenshau, R. Sherburne
Malignant and Metastatic Pheochromocytoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature()
title Malignant and Metastatic Pheochromocytoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature()
title_full Malignant and Metastatic Pheochromocytoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature()
title_fullStr Malignant and Metastatic Pheochromocytoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature()
title_full_unstemmed Malignant and Metastatic Pheochromocytoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature()
title_short Malignant and Metastatic Pheochromocytoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature()
title_sort malignant and metastatic pheochromocytoma: case report and review of the literature()
topic Oncology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4735481/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26839793
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2014.05.001
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