Metachronous occurrence of multifocal phaeochromocytoma.
The authors report an 8-yr-old boy who presented with hypertension, psychosis, and visual disturbances due to a left adrenal phaeochromocytoma which was excised. After 4 years, the child developed multifocal phaeochromocytomas in the left suprarenal area, right adrenal gland, and left para-aortic region. The tumors were excised along with re-implantation of normal adrenal tissue from the right adrenal into the omentum. The course of the disease and the family history were suggestive of von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease.
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, New Delhi 110 001, India. dr.vishesh79@gmail.com
Vishesh
V
Jain
Amit
A
Bishnoi
Kanta
K
Meena
Varun
V
Aggarwal
Rajiv
R
Chadha
Archana
A
Puri
Subhasis Roy
SR
Choudhury
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006623:von Hippel-Lindau Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis