[Spontaneous retroperitoneal hemorrhage caused by a pheochromocytoma].
OBJECTIVE
To report the case of an adrenal pheochromocytoma presenting as a retroperitoneal haemorrhage.


METHODS
53 year old patient without previous medical history who presents with a spontaneous retroperitoneal haemorrhage.


RESULTS
CT-scan was performed showing a retroperitoneal collection. The patient underwent emergency adrenalectomy with a final histopathologic diagnosis of pheochromocytoma.


CONCLUSIONS
Pheochromocytomas can occasionally present as Wünderlich's syndrome, needing radical surgery as treatment for its resolution.
García Rodríguez
Jorge
J
Servicio de Urología I, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, España.
Fernández Gómez
Jesús María
JM
Rodríguez Martínez
Juan Javier
JJ
Rodríguez Faba
Oscar
O
Regadera Sejas
Javier
J
Escaf Barmadah
Safwan
S
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D004630:Emergencies; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed