PubMed · 15961143
Periprostatic pheochromocytoma.
Abstract
In adults, 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal. Most extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas occur in the organ of Zuckerkandl. Occasionally, pheochromocytomas can arise from paraganglion chromaffin cells in other locations. We present the case of a 63-year-old hypertensive man with a periprostatic pheochromocytoma. Our patient underwent surgical extirpation of the pheochromocytoma, while sparing the prostate from resection. His blood pressure has remained well controlled postoperatively without the addition of antihypertensive medications.
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Adam E Perlmutter, Ryan Livengood, Stanley Zaslau, Hesam Farivar-Mohseni. 2005. Periprostatic pheochromocytoma.. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urology.2005.01.012
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