Open AccessPheochromocytoma of urinary bladder
Author(s) -
Sameer Vyas,
Naveen Kalra,
Shrawan Kumar Singh,
Mayank Mohan Agarwal,
Arup Kumar Mandal,
Niranjan Khandelwal
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of nephrology/indian journal of nephrology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1998-3662
pISSN - 0971-4065
DOI - 10.4103/0971-4065.78072
Subject(s) - pheochromocytoma , medicine , urinary bladder , histopathology , urinary system , urology , radiology , pathology
Pheochromocytoma of urinary bladder are rare tumors. They present with nonspecific clinical signs and symptoms, so imaging plays an important role in diagnosing and localizing the tumor. We present two cases of bladder pheochromocytoma, one of them presented with vague abdominal pain and the other with hematuria. Biphasic CT in both the cases showed hypervascular intravesical mass suggestive of bladder pheochromocytoma. The lesions were confirmed biochemically or on postoperative histopathology. A brief review of the imaging in bladder pheochromocytoma is also presented.