Extra-adrenal malignant phaeochromocytoma.
This paper describes a 35-year-old hypertensive woman presenting with two para-aortic catecholamine-secreting tumors. This bilateral lesion was successfully resected, but one year later proved to be malignant by spreading of the tumor to involve non-chromaffin tissues (liver and bones). A competitive inhibitor of alpha and beta receptors kept the blood pressure within reasonable limits.
D000328:Adult; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000652:urine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010220:Para-Aortic Bodies; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
D002395:Catecholamines