Multifocal pheochromocytoma in early childhood: case report
| Autor: | F E Onyango, R Mukhwana, C Yuko-Jowi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Male
medicine.medical_specialty Right adrenalectomy business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Adrenal Gland Neoplasms Adrenalectomy General Medicine Status epilepticus Pheochromocytoma medicine.disease Surgery chemistry.chemical_compound medicine.anatomical_structure chemistry Child Preschool medicine Right adrenal gland Humans Thoracotomy Vanillylmandelic acid medicine.symptom business Pelvis |
| Zdroj: | East African Medical Journal; Vol 87, No 6 (2010); 269-272 |
| ISSN: | 0012-835X |
| Popis: | A three and a half year old male with multifocal phaeochromocytoma involving the right adrenal gland and an intrathoracic mass is presented. Twenty four hour vanillylmandelic acid (VMA) was negative despite suggestive symptomatology. The diagnosis was made on serial CT scans of the head, thoracic inlet and pelvis. He underwent right adrenalectomy and thoracotomy to remove the abdominal and intrathoracic mass. The diagnosis was confirmed by histology. He remained hypertensive on hefty antihypertensive doses throughout his lifespan and finally succumbed to status epilepticus at the age of ten, six years from the time of diagnosis. |
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