A pheochromocytoma of the urinary bladder.
This case report describes a patient with a pheochromocytoma of the urinary bladder. The patient demonstrated an excessive increase of blood pressure and plasma catecholamines immediately after micturition. Ultrasound and CT-scanning confirmed the localisation of the tumour in the urinary bladder.
Lenders
J W
JW
Department of Medicine, St. Radboud Hospital, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Sluiter
H E
HE
Rosenbusch
G
G
Thien
T
T
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*