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ReviewVirchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology2023

Composite pheochromocytoma of the adrenal gland-a review of published cases.

João Costa, Manuel Jácome, Pedro Souteiro, Catarina Santos, Ana Luísa Cunha

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Review in Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. The evolving roles of pathologists in paragangliomas and pheochromocytomas.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2026
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  4. Bilateral pheochromocytoma as a late presentation of neurofibromatosis type 1.Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism case reports · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

João CostaDepartment of Pathology, Portuguese Institute of Oncology-Porto, Porto, Portugal. joao.pedro.o.costa@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9506-9662
Manuel JácomeDepartment of Pathology, Portuguese Institute of Oncology-Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Pedro SouteiroDepartment of Endocrinology, Portuguese Institute of Oncology-Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Catarina SantosDepartment of Genetics, Portuguese Institute of Oncology-Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Ana Luísa CunhaDepartment of Pathology, Portuguese Institute of Oncology-Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Instituto Português de Oncologia Francisco Gentil · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Composite pheochromocytoma (CP) is a rare adrenal tumor, composed of ordinary pheochromocytoma and neuroblastic components. There is a paucity of information in the literature regarding this entity. We report the case of a 56-year-old woman with a CP of the left adrenal gland with a ganglioneuroma component. A review of the published literature found 110 cases of CP. The median age was 51.5 (5.86) years, and 59/110 (53.6%) were female. Association with genetic predisposition syndromes was found in 22/110 (20%), the most common of which was neurofibromatosis type 1, in 15/110 (13.6%). The most common histologic type of the neuroblastic component was ganglioneuroma in 83/110 (75.5%). Twenty-seven cases reported SDHB immunohistochemistry results; none of which was positive. Nine patients (8.2%) presented/developed metastatic disease, and 9 patients (8.2%) died from disease. To our knowledge, this is the largest review describing clinical, histopathological, molecular, and prognostic features of CP.

Indexed as

Adrenal Gland NeoplasmsGanglioneuromaNeurofibromatosis 1PheochromocytomaAdrenal GlandsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedComposite pheochromocytomaCompound adrenal medullary tumorMixed adrenal medullary tumorMixed neuroendocrine-neural tumorPheochromocytoma with neuroblastic components

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PMID36645463
OpenAlexW4316664645

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