title: [Spontaneous retroperitoneal hemorrhage caused by a pheochromocytoma].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología I, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, España.
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García Rodríguez
authors.forename: Jesús María
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Fernández Gómez
authors.forename: Juan Javier
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Martínez
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Faba
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Regadera Sejas
authors.forename: Safwan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Escaf Barmadah
mesh_terms: 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