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ArticleEuropean journal of case reports in internal medicine2017

Silent Adrenal Pheochromocytoma Coexistent with Corticomedullary Hyperplasia: A Case Incidentally Discovered.

Luigi Petramala, Antonio Concistrè, Federica Olmati, Vincenza Saraceno, Gino Iannucci, Antonio Ciardi, Giorgio De Toma, Claudio Letizia

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Article in European journal of case reports in internal medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 authors.

Luigi PetramalaSpecialized Center of Secondary Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University "Sapienza", Rome, Italy.
Antonio ConcistrèSpecialized Center of Secondary Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University "Sapienza", Rome, Italy.
Federica OlmatiSpecialized Center of Secondary Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University "Sapienza", Rome, Italy.
Vincenza SaracenoSpecialized Center of Secondary Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University "Sapienza", Rome, Italy.
Gino IannucciSpecialized Center of Secondary Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University "Sapienza", Rome, Italy.
Antonio CiardiDepartment of Surgery "Pietro Valdoni", University "Sapienza", Rome, Italy.
Giorgio De TomaDepartment of Surgery "Pietro Valdoni", University "Sapienza", Rome, Italy.
Claudio LetiziaSpecialized Center of Secondary Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University "Sapienza", Rome, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionPheochromocytoma (PHEO) is a rare catecholamine-producing tumour arising from chromaffin cells in the sympatho-adrenal system, and can present as asymptomatic adrenal incidentaloma (AI). PATIENT: We describe the case of a 61-year-old woman with a right adrenal mass incidentally discovered, who was biochemically characterized with subclinical hypercortisolism (SH). The patient was scheduled for adrenalectomy because of increasing seizure of the right adrenal gland with a haemorrhagic and focal pseudocystic appearance macroscopically, incidental histological and immunohistochemical PHEO, and micronodular cortico-adrenal hyperplasia. DISCUSSION: This report describes a rare case of incidental non-functioning PHEO coexisting with corticomedullary hyperplasia and SH. LEARNING POINTS: Rare presentation of coexisting common (adrenal incidentaloma and subclinical Cushing's syndrome) and uncommon (pheochromocytoma) endocrinological conditions.

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adrenal hyperplasiaAdrenal incidentalomapheochromocytomasubclinical hypercortisolism

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PMID30755911
PMCPMC6346797
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