[Spontaneous splenic rupture disclosing a pheochromocytoma].
Clinical manifestation of a phaeochromocytoma may range from no symptoms to an acute abdominal emergency. These abdominal emergencies are related to haemorrhagic necrosis of the tumour, or massive bleeding in the retroperitoneal space. The authors report a case of splenic rupture revealing a phaeochromocytoma. The mechanism of splenic rupture is discussed as is the conservative treatment of phaeochromocytoma during splenic surgery. The authors observed no correlation between plasma catecholamine concentration and blood pressure.
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Service de réanimation traumatologique et post-chirurgicale, Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France.
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Tentiller
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Simonnet
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Janvier
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D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology
Rupture spontanée de rate révélant un phéochromocytome.