Four cases of pheochromocytomas are reported: 3 cases of malignant pheochromocytomas of the adrenal glands and 1 case of pheochromocytoma, diagnosed on the basis of clinical and biologic signs, whose site and malignant character were not demonstrated. A rare association of pheochromocytoma and stenosis of the renal artery, recorded for one of the cases, is discussed.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
CasertanoF.: I tumori adrenomidollari. Trattato di Oncologia Clinica, vol. 2, BucalossiP., VeronesiU. (eds.), pp. 1278–1294. C.E.A., Milano, 1973.
2.
CuilleretJ., RegairezC., HugonnierG., BoucheronS., VerneyreH., Van DammeJ., RobertM., BayonM.: Pheochromocytoma de l'organe de Zuckerkandl. Lyon Chir., 75: 363–366, 1979.
3.
MahoneyE.M., HarrisonJ.H.: Malignant pheochromocytoma: Clinical course and treatment. J. Urol., 118: 225–229, 1977.
4.
ManningP.C.Jr.: Pheochromocytoma, hyperparathyroidism and thyroid carcinoma occurring coincidentally. New Engl. J. Med., 268: 68–72, 1963.
5.
McBrideJ.W., FitzA.: Renal artery stenosis, pheochromocytoma and erythrocytosis. Am. J. Med., 51: 403–411, 1971.
6.
MelicowM.M.: 100 Cases of pheochromocytoma at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, 1926-1976: A clinical-pathological analysis. Cancer, 40: 1987–2004, 1977.
7.
MoggiL., TristainoB., BelluciM., GamuzzaF.: Il cateterismo cavale nella diagnosi di sede dei feocromocitoma (determinazione delle catecolamine). Atti S.I.C., 2: 1111–1118, 1975.
PearseA.G.E.: The APUD cell concept and its implications in pathology. In Endocrine Pathology Decennial 1966-1975, pp. 147–163. SommersS., ed. Appleton-Century-Crofts, New York, 1975.
10.
RemineW.H., ChongG.C., Van HeerdenS.A., ShepsS.G., HarrisonE.G.Jr.: Current management of pheochromocytoma. Ann. Surg., 173: 740–756, 1974.
11.
RosenheimM.L., RossE.S., WrongO.M., HodsonC.J., DaviesD.R., SmithJ.F.: Unilateral renal ischemia due to compression of a renal artery by a pheochromocytoma. Am. J. Med., 34: 735–748, 1963.
12.
SippleJ.H.: The association of pheochromocytoma with carcinoma of the thyroid gland. Am. J. Med., 31: 163–166, 1961.
13.
TilfordD.L., KalschR.C.: Renal artery stenosis in childhood neurofibromatosis. Am. J. Dis. Child., 126: 665–668, 1973.
