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Asymptomatic Phaeochromocytoma of the Bladder Co‐existing with Carcinoma
Author(s) -
LEONG C. H.,
WONG K. K.,
SAW D.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1976.tb02996.x
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , urinary bladder , urology , urinary system , pheochromocytoma , pathology
Phaeochromocytomata characteristically occur in the adrenals. Extra‐adrenal sites have also been reported in 10% of cases (Fries and Chamberlin, 1968; Remine et al. , 1974; Van Way et al ., 1974). The urinary bladder is one of the possible extra‐adrenal sites. The first report of a phaeochromocytoma of the urinary bladder was made by Zimmerman et al . (1953). Since then 35 other cases have been reported in the literature (Sarma, 1969; Albores‐Saavedra et al ., 1969; Cummins, Hill and Williams, 1969; Silver et al. , 1971; Bogaert and Vermeulen, 1972; Doctor, Phadke and Sirsat, 1972; Remine et al. ., 1974). We report one further case of phaeochromocytoma of the urinary bladder, with the exceptional features of: (a) Absence of symptoms connected with phaeochromocytoma; (b) Association with bladder carcinoma.