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R F Giffler

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PubMed1977

Pheochromocytoma of the urinary bladder: a broad clinical spectrum.

A case of pheochromocytoma of the urinary bladder is reported, and 35 perviously reported cases are analyzed. This interesting entity can present with symptoms of catecholamine excess and severe hypertensive spells (often micturition-induced) or as asymptomatic hematuria without hypertension. The present case represents the severest end of the clinical spectrum, with advancing acute retinopathy and visual loss, very high blood pressure and greatly increased catecholamine excretion. Several special precautions were utilized during diagnostic studies and surgery. On the whole, prognosis is excellent in nonmalignant cases properly handled, and the location of the tumor provides opportunity for early case finding and complete cure.

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PubMed1976

Small-cell carcinoma of the male mammary gland. A tumor resembling infiltrating lobular carcinoma.

The cases of two patients with infiltrating lobular carcinoma of the male mammary gland are discussed. They represent two of a total of 16 male patients with mammary carcinomas examined at the Medical College of Virginia between 1950 and 1975. Two previous similar cases have been reported in the literature as "small-cell" carcinoma. In one of the current cases there is unexplained benign lobular proliferation with atypical features suggesting lobular origin of the infiltrating tumor.

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