Open AccessGiant cystic pheochromocytoma: A silent entity
Author(s) -
Amit Gupta,
Lovenish Bains,
Manoj K. Agarwal,
Renu Gupta
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
urology annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 0974-7834
pISSN - 0974-7796
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7796.184886
Subject(s) - pheochromocytoma , medicine , asymptomatic , adrenal medulla , multiple endocrine neoplasia , paraganglioma , pathology , catecholamine , biology , biochemistry , gene
Pheochromocytoma is a catecholamine secreting tumor that originate from chromaffin cells. Usually, it is solid neoplasm of the adrenal medulla, however cystic pheochromocytoma is a rare neuro-endocrine tumour that is frequently asymptomatic and often diagnosed incidentally on imaging or intra-operatively. Only a few cases of cystic pheochromocytomas have been reported in the world literature. We present a case of giant cystic pheochromocytoma in a 65 years old lady who presented with a large retroperitoneal lump, which is probably the world's third largest pheochromocytoma as per the available indexed literature.