Pheochromocytoma is a rare and usually benign neuroendocrine neoplasm. Only 10% of all these tumors are malignant and there are no definitive histological or cytological criteria of malignancy. Single malignancy criteria are the presence of advanced locoregional disease or metastases. We report a case, with a giant retroperitoneal tumor having multiple metastases including palpable rib metastas...

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BACKGROUND Bilateral adrenal masses may have aetiologies like hyperplasia and infiltrative lesions, besides tumours. Hyperplastic and infiltrative lesions may have coexisting hypocortisolism. Bilateral tumours are likely to have hereditary/syndromic associations. The data on clinical profile of bilateral adrenal masses are limited. AIMS To analyse clinical, biochemical and radiological featur...

Improvements in imaging studies have resulted in an increase in incidentally discovered adrenal tumors. The adrenal incidentaloma was found in at least 2% on abdominal CT imaging, and pheochromocytoma was reported to be about 5.1 to 6.5% among these patients. Here we report a case of silent pheochromocytoma presented as an incidentally discovered adrenal mass on abdominal sonogram. Clinically n...

Herein we report a rare entity of a giant adrenal pheochromocytoma in a fifty-year-old male presenting with a vague abdominal pain. A computerised tomogram of the abdomen revealed a well-defined  left supraadrenal giant lesion with no evidence of invasion to surrounding structures.The patient underwent surgical excision without any untoward postoperative events. Histopathological study revealed...

OBJECTIVE To present an atypical manifestation in a patient with pheochromocytoma. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION A 48-year-old man presented with chest pain, fever and leukocytosis. Elevated cardiac biomarkers and diffuse ST-T abnormalities on electrocardiography suggested myocardial infarction. However, coronary angiography showed normal coronary arteries. Abdominal computed tomogra...