title: Successful laparoscopic operation of bilateral pheochromocytoma in a patient with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome.
abstract: We report the case of a 20-year-old female patient with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome presenting with high blood pressure and bilateral adrenal pheochromocytoma successfully removed with laparoscopy in the same time. To our knowledge, the present case is the first observation of a bilateral pheochromocytoma occurring in the Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. It provides further support for a genetic anomaly in this condition. Our case also indicates the interest of laparoscopy for the surgical treatment of adrenal pheochromocytoma, even in bilateral tumors.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Saint André, service de Cardiologie/Hypertension artérielle, Bordeaux, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bémurat
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gosse
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ballanger
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tauzin-Fin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barat
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lacombe
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lemétayer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Clémenty
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D001506:Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*