Pheochromocytoma. A case report

Authors

  • José L. Arteaga Hernández Especialista de Primer Grado en Imagenología. Máster en Longevidad Satisfactoria. Hospital General Docente "Abel Santamaría Cuadrado". Pinar del Río.
  • Tania Plaza González Especialista de Primer Grado en Imagenología y Medicina General Integral. Hospital General Docente "Abel Santamaría Cuadrado". Pinar del Río.
  • Samael Suero Almonte Especialista de Primer Grado en Medicina General Integral. Residente de tercer año en Imagenología. Hospital General Docente "Abel Santamaría Cuadrado". Pinar del Río.
  • Liván Calzadilla García Especialista de Primer Grado en Medicina General Integral. Residente de tercer año en Imagenología. Máster en Procederes diagnósticos en APS. Instructor. Hospital General Docente "Abel Santamaría Cuadrado". Pinar del Río.
  • Ceramides Lidia Almora Carbonel Especialista de Primer Grado Medicina General Integral. Máster en Procederes diagnósticos en APS. Hospital General Docente "Abel Santamaría Cuadrado". Pinar del Río.

Keywords:

Pheochromocytoma/diagnosis, Radiology.

Abstract

Pheochromocytoma is a tumor of the adrenal medulla in chromaffin cells derived from secretory neural crest of catecholamines (adrenaline, noradrenaline and less frequent dopamine). A case of a young woman attended to the Emergency Room at “Abel Santamaria Cuadrado” hospital is analyzed, the patient complained of a pain in the right hemi-abdomen, of some days of evolution and hypertension. An exhaustive physical examination, abdominal sonography and Axial Computerize Tomography were performed. A right adrenal mass of oval morphology and well-delimited borders, similar to the image of a Pheochromocytoma; pathologic anatomy confirmed the diagnosis with malignant characteristics. The patient showed a favourable post-operative progress but presented a hypertensive crisis which provoked the death.

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2011-10-01

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Arteaga Hernández JL, Plaza González T, Suero Almonte S, Calzadilla García L, Almora Carbonel CL. Pheochromocytoma. A case report. Rev Ciencias Médicas [Internet]. 2011 Oct. 1 [cited 2025 Oct. 13];15(3):209-16. Available from: https://revcmpinar.sld.cu/index.php/publicaciones/article/view/811

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Vol. 15 No. 3 (2011)

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CASE REPORTS

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