title: [Pheochromocytoma with thrombus in cava].
abstract: Pheochromocytoma, a paraganglioma of suprarenal location, is a catecholamine-secreting chromaffin cell tumour. Spread of these tumours to the vena cava is rare and the thrombus only reaches the right atrium in exceptional cases. We present the case of a patient who, without previous symptomatology, presented with a clinical picture of multiorganic dysfunction with primary manifestation of a suprarenal tumour with vascular spread to the right atrium affecting the right suprahepatic vein.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Urología, Clinica Universitaria de Navarra, Pamplona.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: López Ferrandis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saiz Sansi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cervera Delgado
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rioja Zuazu
authors.forename: J Maria
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Regojo Balboa
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Berián Polo
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior