Open AccessMALIGNANT PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA ARISING IN THE ORGAN OF ZUCKERKANDL
Author(s) -
Kamiyama Ryuichi,
Kawahara Yutaka,
Aoki Nozomu,
Saitoh Kiyosm,
Takizawa Touichiro,
Yoshimine Kousei,
Hayashi Yoshio,
Sunaga Toshiaki,
Matsuda Masakatsu,
Ohmori Keizo
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1978.tb00912.x
Subject(s) - pheochromocytoma , autopsy , pathology , lymph , medicine
An autopsy case of malignant pheochromocytoma arising in the organ of Zuckerkandl is reported, of which distant metastases were found in the liver and lymph nodes. The biochemical and electron microscopic findings from the tumor tissue showed nor adrenaline‐ secreting type. It was revealed that sex ratio in malignant pheochromocytoma was more prominent in the female, and the frequency of extra‐adrenal origin was higher in malignant pheo chromocytoma than hi benign one from comparative study of reported cases of malignant pheochromocytoma. ACTA PATH. JAP. 28 : 731–740, 1978.