Bladder pheochromocytoma with ring calcification.
A case of a 19-year-old male with a paraganglioma (pheochromocytoma) arising in the prostate and involving the urinary bladder is presented. The radiological studies, including computed tomography, demonstrated ringlike calcification of the tumor, a rare finding that is highly suggestive of the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma. The tumor was excised and found to be malignant at surgery.
Asbury
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Department of Radiology, University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville, 1924 Alcoa Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA.
Hatcher
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Gould
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Reeves
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Wilson
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D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003287:Contrast Media; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014567:Urography
D003287:Contrast Media