A Case of Extra-Adrenal Pheochromocytoma with Abdominal Colic and Paroxysmal Hypertension.
10.4070/kcj.1993.23.4.621
- Author:
Jeong Seong KANG
;
Soo Yeon WON
;
Il Mun JEON
;
Myoung Kyu JANG
;
Suck Chei CHOI
;
Jin Won JEONG
;
Yang Kyu PARK
;
Ock Kyu PARK
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma;
Hypertension
- MeSH:
Adrenal Glands;
Blood Pressure;
Chromaffin Cells;
Colic*;
Female;
Humans;
Hypertension*;
Mesenteric Artery, Inferior;
Pheochromocytoma*;
Young Adult
- From:Korean Circulation Journal
1993;23(4):621-624
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Pheochromocytomas can arise wherever chromaffin cells are found, and most of them(90%) are in one or both adrenal glands. But they may be located anywhere along the sympathetic chain and rarely in aberrant sites. One of the common extra-adrenal sites from which these tumors can arise is a collection of para-aortic and para-ganglion cells around the origin of the inferior mesenteric artery. We experienced a case of extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma located at the organ of Zukerkandl in a 21-year-old female patient with abdominal colic and paroxysmal hypertension, whose symptoms and blood pressure returned to normal after successful surgical excision of the tumor.
