title: Ectopic pheochromocytoma arising in the spermatic cord 5 years after removal of bilateral carotid body tumors and adrenal pheochromocytomas.
abstract: A patient with ectopic pheochromocytoma that developed in the spermatic cord about 5 years after successive resections of bilateral carotid body tumors and bilateral adrenal pheochromocytomas is reported. This is thought to be the first case of pheochromocytoma of the spermatic cord in a setting of multiplicity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Abashiri Kosei Hospital, Japan. takataka@rf6.so-net.ne.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shindo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nonomura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koyanagi
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D002345:Carotid Body Tumor / Q000601:surgery*; D005834:Genital Neoplasms, Male / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D013085:Spermatic Cord