Malignant pheochromocytoma of the urinary bladder: effectiveness of radiotherapy in conjunction with chemotherapy.
A 34-year-old Japanese man with malignant pheochromocytoma of the bladder underwent surgical resection and chemoradiotherapy for a local recurrence of lymph node metastasis. Radiotherapy seemed to be effective, indicated by the growth inhibition of the irradiated tumor, decreases in serum and urinary catecholamine levels and a clinical improvement in the refractory stage of the combined chemotherapy.
Departments of Urology 2Radiology, Hamamatsu Medical Center, Hamamatsu, Japan. soichiro.yoshida@hmedc.or.jp
Soichiro
S
Yoshida
Kazuaki
K
Nakagomi
Shuichi
S
Goto
Satoshi
S
Kobayashi
D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000532:radiotherapy*