title: [Pheochromocytoma: a review of our own cases].
abstract: Presentation of 6 cases of pheochromocytoma, diagnosed and treated in our Unit over the last 5 years. Five were adrenal pheochromocytomas and 1 an abdominal paraganglioma in a 42 year-old woman. Distribution by gender was 4 male and 2 female, and mean age at presentation was 45.2 years ranging from 35 to 55 years. Clinically, all patients were hypertensive. Two of the 5 cases with adrenal location presented with catecholaminic crisis with BP > 240/140 mmHg. The paraganglioma was diagnosed while studying a case of sustained HBP in a 42 year-old female referred from another unit. With regard to diagnosis, the sensitivity of urinary tests was 100%, and gammagraphy with meta-iodine-benzyl-guanidine (MIBG) was particularly useful in the extra-adrenal location case. In all our patients, computerized tomography (CT) was the choice procedure to locate the tumour. Treatment was surgical in all cases, access being transperitoneal in 3 cases, thoracoabdominal in 2 and classic lumbotomy in 1. All our patients received prior treatment with alpha-blocking agents, and intraoperative complications were 1 arrythmic crisis, 1 hypotensive picture and 1 hypertensive crisis, all of which resolved successfully. Currently, 5 patients remain disease free. Mild HBP controlled with low dose captopril still persists in one patient.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital General Universitario, Valencia.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Blasco Alfonso
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Donderis Guastavino
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pallas Costa
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vernich Talens
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Navalón Verdejo
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Eres Saez
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Ramada Benlloch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zaragoza Orts
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Feocromocitoma: revisión de nuestra casuística.