title: Bilateral adrenal pheochromocytoma with a germline L790F mutation in the RET oncogene.
abstract: About ten percent of pheochromocytomas are associated with familial syndrome. Hereditary pheochromocytoma has characteristics of early onset, multifocality and bilaterality. We experienced a case of 44-year-old man with bilateral pheochromocytoma without evidence of medullary thyroid cancer. Genetic test detected a L790F germline mutation of RET oncogene. The author found a necessity for genetic tests in cases of young-age, bilateral pheochromocytoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.
authors.forename: Jun Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Min
authors.forename: Youn Joon
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Hee Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Myung-Chul
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Chang