Adrenalectomy for huge solid pheochromocytoma: a challenging surgery or piece of cake?


Journal

Journal of surgical case reports
ISSN: 2042-8812
Titre abrégé: J Surg Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101560169

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Aug 2019
Historique:
received: 02 07 2019
revised: 26 07 2019
accepted: 03 08 2019
entrez: 30 8 2019
pubmed: 30 8 2019
medline: 30 8 2019
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Pheochromocytoma (PCC) is an uncommon adrenal tumor that is occasionally diagnosed during the work up for patients with uncontrolled hypertension. Treatment of PCC is mainly surgical. This case represents the largest PCC reported to date, which was safely removed.

Identifiants

pubmed: 31462986
doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjz255
pii: rjz255
pmc: PMC6705450
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

rjz255

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Auteurs

Mahmoud Labib (M)

Anesthesia Department, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.

Asmaa Ismail (A)

Urology Department, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.

Hazem Elmansy (H)

Urology Department, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.

Walid Shahrour (W)

Urology Department, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.

Owen Prowse (O)

Urology Department, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.

Ahmed Kotb (A)

Urology Department, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.

Classifications MeSH