Adrenal pheochromocytoma.

Adrenal cortical oncocytoma mimicking pheochromocytoma.

OBJECTIVE Adrenal tumors present with clinical features and signs unique to their specific hormonal hypersecretion. However, there have been cases in which the clinical expression has been in conflict with the histologic features of the tumor. In this communication we report an unusual clinical presentation of an adrenal cortical tumor with histologic features of an oncocytoma that clinically m...

Extra-adrenal composite pheochromocytoma-ganglioneuroma.

Composite tumors containing pheochromocytoma and ganglioneuroma are rare tumors typically arising in the adrenal glands. Very few were reported outside of the adrenals. We present the case of a middle-aged woman with a retroperitoneal mass that was discovered when she complained of local signs of compression and systemic signs of catecholamine hypersecretion. On pathology the mass was composed ...

Metastatic malignant pheochromocytoma of adrenal gland.

Malignant pheochromocytoma is a rare disease with a high mortality. Surgical removal is usually curative while chemotherapy and radiotherapy are palliative treatments. A case of metastatic malignant pheochromocytoma of the right adrenal gland is presented who had fluctuating blood pressure with episodic headache and raised urinary VMA levels. Thoraco-abdominal resection of the tumour resulted i...

A Large Pheochromocytoma of the Adrenal Gland

Sustained hypotension complicating an extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma.

A 52-year-old woman with a 7-year history of hyperten-sion presented to the emergency department of a regional 2nd-grade community hospital complaining of dyspnea, chest pain, headache, and palpitations for the past 6 h. She also reported blood pressure (BP) levels measured at home of 220/110 mm Hg for 2 h before admission, which were not reduced after receiving her usual antihypertensive medic...