Malignant phaeochromocytoma: report of a case and a critical review.

Autor: Dow CJ, Palmer MK, O'Sullivan JP, Kirkham JS
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The British journal of surgery [Br J Surg] 1982 Jun; Vol. 69 (6), pp. 338-40.
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800690616
Abstrakt: A right adrenal phaeochromocytoma is described in a 64-year-old man. Metastases to bone and subsequent death following cord compression occurred within 2 years of diagnosis. Twenty-seven cases in the English literature have been reviewed since 1968. In three of these, the pathological proof was unsatisfactory for the diagnosis of malignancy, and one further case was inadequately documented. The variation in incidence of malignancy found in large retrospective series may relate to inconsistency in pathological criteria, as well as to selective reporting of cases.
Databáze: MEDLINE