title: Pheochromocytoma of the urinary bladder--A case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Pheochromocytoma of the urinary bladder is a rare tumor and presents less than 0.06% of all urinary bladder tumors.
  
  
  METHODS
  We presented a 49-year-old female patient with a history of daily paroxysmal hypertension accompanied with flushing of the face and upper chest, palpitations and excessive sweating prior to micturition. Ultrasonography reported a 3 cm bladder wall tumor. The 131I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (131I-MIBG) scan showed a pathological isotope accumulation in the projection of the bladder. The patient underwent a partial cystectomy. One year following the operation the patient was normotensive and without recurrence.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The most efficient treatment option for bladder pheochromocytoma is surgical resection. The most important fact in the diagnostics is suspicion on this rare condition.
authors: Predrag
authors: P
authors: Marić
authors: Novak
authors: N
authors: Milović
authors: Vladimir
authors: V
authors: Bancević
authors: Branko
authors: B
authors: Kosević
authors: Predrag
authors: P
authors: Aleksić
authors: Snezana Kuzmić
authors: SK
authors: Janković
authors: Zoran
authors: Z
authors: Hajduković
authors: Bosko
authors: B
authors: Milev
authors: Snezana
authors: S
authors: Cerović
mesh_terms: D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine; D015653:Cystectomy; D005260:Female; D005483:Flushing / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006945:Hyperhidrosis / Q000209:etiology; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014463:Ultrasonography; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine