Extra-adrenal phechromocytoma and renal cell carcinoma--an unusual case of tumour synchronism

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 1999

Authors

Pedro Vendeira (Author) FMUP; Miguel Guimarães (Author) Other; Carlos Silva (Author) FMUP; Francisco Cruz (Author) FMUP; Mario Reis (Author) FMUP

Journal

Title: Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Vol. 33 No. 2

Pages: 133-135

ISSN: 0036-5599

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Indexing

Pubmed / Medline

Scientific classification

FOS: Medical and Health sciences > Clinical medicine

CORDIS: Health sciences > Medical sciences > Medicine > Urology

Other information

Abstract (EN): We report an unusual case of tumour synchronism combining an extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma and a renal cell carcinoma in a 48-year-old male. The most usual forms of presentation are described in accordance with their clinical significance. We emphasize the diagnostic importance of specific biochemical studies and the accurate anatomical localization of extra-adrenal chromaffin tissue by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and scintigraphy with 131 Iodine-methyliodobenzylguanidine (131I-MIBG). Surgical excision was the treatment of choice after the institution of adequate preoperative cardiovascular management. Pertinent features of the natural history of these tumours are described in accordance with their different embryological origin.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific