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DOI: 10.4103/1947-489X.210548
Atypical pheochromcytoma: Haemorrhagic cyst and abdominal pain in a normotensive patient
Pheochromocytomas are catecholamine-secreting tumors. They show a considerable variation in clinical presentation ranging from adrenal incidentaloma in a normotensive individual to a patient in hypertensive crisis or with cerebrovascular or cardiac decompensation. We report here a case of fifty years old Omani female patient was referred to the endocrine clinic from a regional hospital, for further investigation of a an incidental left adrenal cyst that was detected on US abdomen being performed for evaluation of abdominal pain. Pheochromocytoma was eventually confirmed and an abdominal CT showed a large haemorrhagic cyst. The course and management is described and a focused review of the pitfalls of diagnosis and management is provided.
Key-words:
Catecholamine secreting tumors - Adrenal incidentalomas - Hypertension - Cystic Pheochromocytoma.Publication History
Received: 07 December 2012
Accepted: 06 January 2013
Article published online:
07 July 2022
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