title: [Unusual form of adrenal pheochromocytoma: asymptomatic cystic mass].
abstract: We report an adrenal cyst discovered in a 26-year-old woman with abdominal pain. Imaging (ultrasonography, computed tomography) demonstrated a 12 cm adrenal cystic mass suggestive of hydatic cyst of adrenal. She undergoes surgical exploration, when blood pressure increases. Pheochromocytoma diagnosis is reconsidered. Cystic pheochromocytoma is a rare tumour of the adrenal gland that can pose a diagnostic challenge.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Urologie B, CHU Ibn Sina, Rabat, Maroc. tazikarim@yahoo.com
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tazi
authors.forename: H O
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Elmalki
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ei Fassi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koutani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hachimi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lakrissa
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis*