Pheochromocytoma Presenting as Testicular Pain: An Unusual Case Report

Pheochromocytoma (PCC) is a rare catecholamine-secreting tumor that arises from chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla which are derived from the neural crest. This report illustrates a 51-year-old Caucasian male with a history of hypertension diagnosed two years ago who presented to the hospital d...

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Autores principales: Patel, Jinal K., Reddy, Varun, Stepman, Gauthier, Angelo, Debra, Frunzi, Johnathan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8062206/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33953991
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6699409
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author Patel, Jinal K.
Reddy, Varun
Stepman, Gauthier
Angelo, Debra
Frunzi, Johnathan
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description Pheochromocytoma (PCC) is a rare catecholamine-secreting tumor that arises from chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla which are derived from the neural crest. This report illustrates a 51-year-old Caucasian male with a history of hypertension diagnosed two years ago who presented to the hospital due to acute onset of right testicular pain of 3-day duration. Laboratory results and imaging revealed a presumptive diagnosis of PCC. The patient had undergone robot-assisted laparoscopic right adrenalectomy 14 days after being diagnosed with PCC due to perioperative management with phenoxybenzamine. The final pathology report revealed a PCC. At follow-up two weeks after discharge, the patient reported complete resolution of his testicular pain.
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spelling pubmed-80622062021-05-04 Pheochromocytoma Presenting as Testicular Pain: An Unusual Case Report Patel, Jinal K. Reddy, Varun Stepman, Gauthier Angelo, Debra Frunzi, Johnathan Case Rep Endocrinol Case Report Pheochromocytoma (PCC) is a rare catecholamine-secreting tumor that arises from chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla which are derived from the neural crest. This report illustrates a 51-year-old Caucasian male with a history of hypertension diagnosed two years ago who presented to the hospital due to acute onset of right testicular pain of 3-day duration. Laboratory results and imaging revealed a presumptive diagnosis of PCC. The patient had undergone robot-assisted laparoscopic right adrenalectomy 14 days after being diagnosed with PCC due to perioperative management with phenoxybenzamine. The final pathology report revealed a PCC. At follow-up two weeks after discharge, the patient reported complete resolution of his testicular pain. Hindawi 2021-04-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8062206/ /pubmed/33953991 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6699409 Text en Copyright © 2021 Jinal K. Patel et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Pheochromocytoma Presenting as Testicular Pain: An Unusual Case Report
title Pheochromocytoma Presenting as Testicular Pain: An Unusual Case Report
title_full Pheochromocytoma Presenting as Testicular Pain: An Unusual Case Report
title_fullStr Pheochromocytoma Presenting as Testicular Pain: An Unusual Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Pheochromocytoma Presenting as Testicular Pain: An Unusual Case Report
title_short Pheochromocytoma Presenting as Testicular Pain: An Unusual Case Report
title_sort pheochromocytoma presenting as testicular pain: an unusual case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8062206/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33953991
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6699409
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