title: Necrosis of a phaeochromocytoma associated with spontaneous remission of diabetes and hypertension.
abstract: The diagnosis of phaeochromocytoma is sometimes difficult since its clinical presentation is quite variable. We report a 52-year-old woman who presented with acute diabetes mellitus and severe hypertension, which spontaneously disappeared. MIBG-scintigraphy and urine and plasma catecholamines were normal. At surgery, a largely necrotic phaeochromocytoma was found. Pathological examination demonstrated extensive avascular necrosis, which had occurred spontaneously without any major symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Medicine, Institutes of Pathology, University of Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zanin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Poletti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Piotto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chiesura-Corona
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Pessina
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous / Q000473:pathology; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous