ArticleThe Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS2012
Pheochromocytoma: an uncommon presentation of an asymptomatic and biochemically silent adrenal incidentaloma.
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- Silent pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma: Systematic review and proposed definitions for standardized terminology.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Pooled it
- Case Report: The silent giant: biochemical-clinical dissociation in a large cystic pheochromocytoma.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Prolonged alpha-blockade and doxazosin are associated with hypertensive crisis in pheochromocytoma surgery.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
- Silent pheochromocytoma in adrenal incidentaloma: unveiling clinical and radiological characteristics.Annals of surgical treatment and research · 2024Article
- Biochemically Silent Pheochromocytoma in an Asymptomatic Patient With a Unilateral Lipid-Poor Adrenal Adenoma.Cureus · 2023Article
- Co-occurrence of pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma of the organ of Zuckerkandl resected simultaneously by laparoscopy: a rare case report and literature review.The Journal of international medical research · 2023Review
- Pheochromocytoma: a changing perspective and current concepts.Therapeutic advances in endocrinology and metabolism · 2023Review
- Pre- and peri-operative characteristics, complications and outcomes of patients with biochemically silent pheochromocytomas; a case series.Endocrine · 2022Article
- The Clinical Characteristics of Pheochromocytomas and Paragangliomas with Negative Catecholamines.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Personalized Management of Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma.Endocrine reviews · 2022Review
- Biochemically normal adrenal pheochromocytoma following extensive central necrosis in a child with von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) gene mutation.BMJ case reports · 2021Article
- Biochemically silent phaeochromocytoma presenting with non-specific loin pain.BMJ case reports · 2021Article
- Laparoscopic resection of a large clinically silent paraganglioma at the organ of Zuckerkandl: a rare case report and review of the literature.BMC urology · 2020Review
- Patients with pheochromocytoma exhibit low aldosterone renin ratio-preliminary reports.BMC endocrine disorders · 2020Article
- [Clinical profile of pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma with normal plasma free metanephrines].Beijing da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Peking University. Health sciences · 2020Article
- Asymptomatic and Biochemically Silent Pheochromocytoma with Characteristic Findings on Imaging.Case reports in endocrinology · 2020Article
- Preoperative Management of Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2020Review
- Characteristic CT features of pheochromocytomas - probability model calculation tool based on a multicentric study.Biomedical papers of the Medical Faculty of the University Palacky, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia · 2019Article
- Malignant pheochromocytoma with negative biochemical markers: Is it time to reclassify pheochromocytomas?Urology case reports · 2019Article
- PRECISION MEDICINE: AN UPDATE ON GENOTYPE/BIOCHEMICAL PHENOTYPE RELATIONSHIPS IN PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA/PARAGANGLIOMA PATIENTS.Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists · 2017Review
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Abstract
Pheochromocytomas are rare tumours originating from the chromaffin tissue. The clinical manifestations are variable and are not specific; as a result, pheochromocytomas often imitate other diseases. The diagnosis is usually established by biochemical studies, i.e., the measurement of catecholamines or their metabolites in urine or plasma, followed by radiographic and scintigraphic studies for localisation. Surgical removal of the tumour is the preferred treatment. We report a 30-year-old woman presenting with an adrenal incidentaloma that was 7.6 × 5.3 × 4.8 cm in size on an abdominal computed tomography scan. Investigations for adrenal hormones, including a low-dose dexamethasone suppression test, plasma aldosterone level, 24-hour urinary metanephrine and vanillylmandelic acid levels, and plasma metanephrine level were all within the normal ranges. During the surgical resection, the patient had a hypertensive spell. Surgery was postponed, and the blood pressure was adequately controlled with α blockers, followed by β blockers. After 2 weeks, the surgery was followed by a pathological biopsy that confirmed the pheochromocytoma diagnosis.
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