Large Unilateral Adrenal Mass with Surrounding Brown Fat: A Case Report

Pheochromocytomas are rare tumors derived from chromaffin cells located in the adrenal and extra adrenal tissues. Pheochromocytomas are diagnosed biochemically and localized using different imaging modalities. The definitive management is surgical resection. Brown adipose tissues are normally presen...

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Autores principales: Ologun, Gabriel O, Patel, Zinal M, Rana, Navpreet K, Trecartin, Andrew, Shen, Alice, Trostle, Douglas, Bertsch, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
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Oncology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5633263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29021924
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1552
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author Ologun, Gabriel O
Patel, Zinal M
Rana, Navpreet K
Trecartin, Andrew
Shen, Alice
Trostle, Douglas
Bertsch, David
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Trostle, Douglas
Bertsch, David
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description Pheochromocytomas are rare tumors derived from chromaffin cells located in the adrenal and extra adrenal tissues. Pheochromocytomas are diagnosed biochemically and localized using different imaging modalities. The definitive management is surgical resection. Brown adipose tissues are normally present during fetal development, with regression over time. Brown adipose tissues are thermogenic and usually located in the neck, mediastinum, and retroperitoneum. Here, we report a case of a unilateral pheochromocytoma surrounded by brown fat. The abnormal stimulation of brown fat noted on positive emission tomography scan (PET) resolved after the pheochromocytoma was resected.
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spelling pubmed-56332632017-10-11 Large Unilateral Adrenal Mass with Surrounding Brown Fat: A Case Report Ologun, Gabriel O Patel, Zinal M Rana, Navpreet K Trecartin, Andrew Shen, Alice Trostle, Douglas Bertsch, David Cureus Oncology Pheochromocytomas are rare tumors derived from chromaffin cells located in the adrenal and extra adrenal tissues. Pheochromocytomas are diagnosed biochemically and localized using different imaging modalities. The definitive management is surgical resection. Brown adipose tissues are normally present during fetal development, with regression over time. Brown adipose tissues are thermogenic and usually located in the neck, mediastinum, and retroperitoneum. Here, we report a case of a unilateral pheochromocytoma surrounded by brown fat. The abnormal stimulation of brown fat noted on positive emission tomography scan (PET) resolved after the pheochromocytoma was resected. Cureus 2017-08-09 /pmc/articles/PMC5633263/ /pubmed/29021924 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1552 Text en Copyright © 2017, Ologun et al. http://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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Ologun, Gabriel O
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Trecartin, Andrew
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Large Unilateral Adrenal Mass with Surrounding Brown Fat: A Case Report
title Large Unilateral Adrenal Mass with Surrounding Brown Fat: A Case Report
title_full Large Unilateral Adrenal Mass with Surrounding Brown Fat: A Case Report
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title_full_unstemmed Large Unilateral Adrenal Mass with Surrounding Brown Fat: A Case Report
title_short Large Unilateral Adrenal Mass with Surrounding Brown Fat: A Case Report
title_sort large unilateral adrenal mass with surrounding brown fat: a case report
topic Oncology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5633263/
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