Malignant giant pheochromocytoma: a case report and review of the literature

Auteurs-es

  • Cristina Torres Arcos Department of General Surgery, Valme Universitary Hospital, Seville, Spain
  • Virgilio Ruiz Luque Department of General Surgery, Valme Universitary Hospital, Seville, Spain
  • José Aguilar Luque Department of General Surgery, Valme Universitary Hospital, Seville, Spain
  • Pablo Martínez García Department of General Surgery, Valme Universitary Hospital, Seville, Spain
  • Antonia Brox Jiménez Department of General Surgery, Valme Universitary Hospital, Seville, Spain
  • Macarena Márquez Muñoz Department of General Surgery, Valme Universitary Hospital, Seville, Spain

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.1189

Résumé

Malignant pheochromocytoma is a rare disease and surgical resection
is the only curative treatment. There are no definitive histological
or cytological criteria of malignancy, as it is impossible to
determine this condition in the absence of advanced locoregional
disease or metastases. We report a case of a patient with a giant
retroperitoneal tumour, the second largest to be published, which
was diagnosed as a malignant pheochromocytoma; it was treated
with surgery. The literature is reviewed to evaluate tumour features
and criteria to distinguish between benign and malignant
pheochromocytomas.

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Bibliographies de l'auteur-e

Cristina Torres Arcos, Department of General Surgery, Valme Universitary Hospital, Seville, Spain

Virgilio Ruiz Luque, Department of General Surgery, Valme Universitary Hospital, Seville, Spain

José Aguilar Luque, Department of General Surgery, Valme Universitary Hospital, Seville, Spain

Pablo Martínez García, Department of General Surgery, Valme Universitary Hospital, Seville, Spain

Antonia Brox Jiménez, Department of General Surgery, Valme Universitary Hospital, Seville, Spain

Macarena Márquez Muñoz, Department of General Surgery, Valme Universitary Hospital, Seville, Spain

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Comment citer

Torres Arcos, C., Ruiz Luque, V., Aguilar Luque, J., Martínez García, P., Brox Jiménez, A., & Márquez Muñoz, M. (2013). Malignant giant pheochromocytoma: a case report and review of the literature. Canadian Urological Association Journal, 3(6), E89-E91. https://doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.1189

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Case Report