title: Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) appearances of an adrenal phaeochromocytoma in a child with Von Hippel-Lindau disease.
abstract: A phaeochromocytoma is a rare catecholamine-secreting tumour arising from the chromaffin cells. We describe a case of a child with Von Hippel-Lindau disease, with an adrenal phaeochromocytoma who presented with severe dilated cardiomyopathy driven by secondary hypertension. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound findings are described and compared with both magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Radiology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: Faise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Al Bunni
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, King's College London, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS UK.
authors.forename: Annamaria
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deganello
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, King's College London, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS UK.
authors.forename: Maria E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Sellars
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, King's College London, London, UK.
authors.forename: Klaus-Martin
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Schulte
authors.affiliation: Department of Cellular Pathology, King's College London, St. Thomas's Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: Mudher
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Al-Adnani
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, King's College London, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS UK.
authors.forename: Paul S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Sidhu
keywords: Adrenal gland; Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS); Paediatrics; Phaeochromocytoma; Ultrasound