title: Periprostatic pheochromocytoma.
abstract: In adults, 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal. Most extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas occur in the organ of Zuckerkandl. Occasionally, pheochromocytomas can arise from paraganglion chromaffin cells in other locations. We present the case of a 63-year-old hypertensive man with a periprostatic pheochromocytoma. Our patient underwent surgical extirpation of the pheochromocytoma, while sparing the prostate from resection. His blood pressure has remained well controlled postoperatively without the addition of antihypertensive medications.
authors.affiliation: Division of Urology, West Virginia University Hospitals, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.
authors.forename: Adam E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Perlmutter
authors.forename: Ryan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Livengood
authors.forename: Stanley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zaslau
authors.forename: Hesam
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Farivar-Mohseni
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery